每天24个小时 忙得跟个风火轮一样
“as busy as bees, 24 hours non-stop.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
- 四天 - 还是不眠不休地查了四天
“Four days. They've been investigating around the clock,”
每天24个小时 忙得跟个风火轮一样
“as busy as bees, 24 hours non-stop.”
远航啊 都查了四天了
“Yuanhang. It's been four days.”
“I am working myself to the bone without a single moment to catch my breath.”
Rooted in Chinese mythology as the rapid transport of the deity Nezha, this cultural metaphor is universally understood as spinning incessantly without rest due to frantic activity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
just like a ...; as ... as a ...
A very common colloquial pattern used to draw vivid similes in casual conversation.
busy spinning around like a windmill; running around constantly like a madman
An idiomatic metaphor referring to Nezha's mythical fiery wheels, used to vividly describe moving nonstop due to being extremely busy.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“They work their fingers to the bone every day.”
“runs around the clock. Sometimes they even shoot all night.”
“Always rushing around, who knows what she's up to”