成事不足败事有余
“...are more trouble than they're worth.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
井上鎌仓这些人
“People like Inoue Kamakura...”
成事不足败事有余
“...are more trouble than they're worth.”
整天疑神疑鬼的
“They're suspicious of everything all day long.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese speakers often rely on symmetrical, balanced four- or eight-character idioms to deliver sharp, definitive character judgments with rhetorical weight.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
more a hindrance than a help; good for nothing except ruining things
A highly common eight-character idiom used to scathingly criticize individuals whose blunders consistently sabotage efforts.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He can only mess things up.”
“He spoiled the whole plan. Exactly.”
“must succeed, failure is not an option.”