那是中国人太谦虚了。我们觉得是自大,其实顶多就是自信。再说,有什么国家能几十年发展成中国这样?我们完全有资本自信。你看温州商人以前条件多差?全是靠自己赤手空拳打拼出来的。他们现在有钱了,爱买什么买什么。
nàshì Zhōngguórén tài qiānxū le 。wǒmen juéde shì zìdà ,qíshí dǐngduō jiùshì zìxìn 。zàishuō ,yǒu shénme guójiā néng jǐshínián fāzhǎn chéng Zhōngguó zhèyàng ?wǒmen wánquán yǒu zīběn zìxìn 。nǐ kàn Wēnzhōu shāngrén yǐqián tiáojiàn duō chà ?quán shì kào zìjǐ chìshǒukōngquán dǎpīn chūlai de 。tāmen xiànzài yǒuqián le ,ài mǎi shénme mǎi shénme 。
That's excessive Chinese modesty. We feel like it's overconfidence, when at most, it's self-confidence. And furthermore, what other countries could develop for decades the way China has? We have every right to be self-confident. Look how lousy Wenzhou business people had it in the past. They got rich entirely by pulling themselves up by the bootstraps. Now they're rich, and they can buy whatever they like.