都 白 费
“everything goes to waste.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
项目一赚
“When the project makes money,”
都 白 费
“everything goes to waste.”
Ladies and gentlemen
“Ladies and gentlemen,”
“If we make money, my whole master plan is completely ruined!”
In modern satirical Chinese media, tropes of bosses wanting their projects to fail to claim investment subsidies or systemic rebates create ironic comedic despair over unexpected success.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in vain; completely wasted
Commonly used with verbs like '白费力气' (wasted effort) or as a standalone predicate to declare effort futile.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It isn't in vain! Right, it isn't in vain!”
“-What are you talking about? -What a waste. It's not entirely impossible.”
“White cloth. Why do you have so many weird words?”
“just stopped mentioning it completely.”
“First Bai, and now you.”
“♪ But in the crowd once and again I look for her in vain ♪ be revealed to all.”