我们就搂草打兔子
“kill two birds with one stone and get rid of him altogether.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
索性
“we might as well”
我们 就 搂草打兔子
“kill two birds with one stone and get rid of him altogether.”
一并解决了他
“kill two birds with one stone and get rid of him altogether.”
“Since we're already making a move, let's take him out on the side.”
In Chinese strategic thinking, accomplishing a secondary goal effortlessly while fulfilling a primary mission is considered pragmatic wisdom rather than a distraction.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
kill two birds with one stone; do something opportunistically while carrying out another task
A vivid colloquial idiom used when taking advantage of an ongoing action to casually resolve another secondary matter.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We're on the same side.”
“We'll spook them. I mean, I'll take two or three people.”
“We are on the same boat.”