what does this mean: 当你背上行囊卸下那份荣耀

[skyblue]

Hi,

what does this mean: 当你背上行囊卸下那份荣耀

Thank you.

[jbradfor]

I was doing fine up until the last two characters....

当你背上行囊卸下那份 -- take out of your backpack that....

荣耀 -- ?? I don't think "honor and glory" makes sense here. hudong. com says it's also a computer game?

[blackmeow]

All right, here it comes, you ready?

by grammar let's find the core of this line.

当你背上行囊卸下那份荣誉，the nouns of this line are: 你（somebody,which in this case:you）， 行囊(backpack)， 荣誉（honour）.

backpack and honour is 'what happened to' somebody.

and the verbs are 背上：carry it up, 卸下:put it down.

so 'what happened to' backpack and honour? backpack was picked up and honour was throwed away.

and the catch here is the '那份', here in this line, 那份 means ‘the’ or 'that'

so the translation will be:

when you pick up the backpack and throw away the/that honour.

also, backpack here is not just a backpack, it is a symbol of 'practical work' or 'carry on'

so the real meaning of this line will be:

forget about the honour and just carry on!

:rolleyes:

hope it will do some help.

[jbradfor]

Wow, I was pretty far off!

What does the 当 mean/do here?

[blackmeow]

in this situation 当=when

[pingping1234]

there will be many narrow difference in different sentences by using this words.but the main meaning is "行囊是指spiritual things" and"荣耀 is material things".it is said people think more highly of spiritual part than the material part.

[Eric Zhou]

It is an escapism phrase.

行囊 means your backpack for the travel,as above people translated.

However,荣耀 means "your social achievements and responsibilities".It is not a game.

In all,the phrase means "pack your backpack and go for a long travel,and forget your worldly things."