既然之后要住过去 那就一步到位
“If I'm going to move in anyway, might as well go all the way.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你还是把枕头拿过去了
“So you still brought your pillow over.”
既然 之后要住 过去 那就 一步到位
“If I'm going to move in anyway, might as well go all the way.”
“What's with just a toothbrush and toothpaste? It's not like I have nowhere to live”
“Don't overthink why I moved my things; it is simply more practical to do it all right now.”
The idiom '一步到位' reflects a Chinese cultural preference for thorough, efficient solutions that eliminate the fuss of repeated transitional phases.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
since / now that
Used at the start of a clause to state an accepted premise before drawing a logical conclusion.
to get something done in one single step / once and for all
A very common four-character idiom emphasizing efficiency and avoiding piecemeal work.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You'll all be living here from now on.”
“[Property Certificate in Jingcheng] From now on, this will be our house.”
“From now on, this is your bed, okay?”
“This is your room in the future.”
“You can live in this room. Just settle down.”
“From now on, this is your own home. Get comfortable.”
“The longer we live together, the more you'll realize”