那 那让人抓住把柄了
“they'll have leverage against us.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那 那让人 抓住把柄 了
“they'll have leverage against us.”
你今儿不是拿板砖了吗
“Didn't you pick up a brick today?”
“Don't blame me for holding back; if we hit first, they'd have used it to ruin us.”
In Chinese social and legal mediation, the party that strikes first (先动手) is almost always assigned primary liability and moral blame, regardless of preceding verbal provocation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to seize leverage; to give someone something to use against you
Widely used in both spoken and written Chinese to denote giving an opponent proof or an excuse to hold over your head.
Indicates a realized or imminent change of state resulting from hypothetical action, emphasizing certainty of the negative outcome.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Well...”
“Then... why are you giving me this?”
“Then why does it look like this?”
“I just couldn't catch him in the act.”
“D-Does that mean we just have to sit and wait for death?”
“W-What should we do then?”