To pay your dues means to do your duty.

完成自己的职责是指承担自己的责任。

Come on. Maybe you're just, uhhh...paying your dues.

别这样嘛兄弟，你现在只是处在耕耘阶段。

Nothing too glamorous, but you pay your dues, climb the ladder.

谈不上光鲜，但你付出努力，向上爬。

Come on, man, you're just, uh, paying your dues.

别这样，你还是在付出阶段。

Oh c'mon. Maybe you're just, uhhh... paying your dues.

别这样嘛，你现在是耕耘阶段。

You've got to pay your dues, put in eighty-hour weeks, but it's worth it when you make partner.

" 你必须付‘会费’，每周工作80小时，但当你成为合伙人时，是很值得的。”

So there was - it sounds like there, like, a 10-year period where you were paying your dues, probably in amateur and semiprofessional roles, right?

所以，听起来好像有 10 年的时间，你在缴纳会费，可能担任业余和半职业角色，对吗？