那张恒远不是块硬骨头
“Zhang Hengyuan is not tough.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
只是眼下形势危急
“But the current situation is perilous.”
那张恒远 不是块硬骨头
“Zhang Hengyuan is not tough.”
他在墨修尧手中撑不了多久
“He won't hold out long under Mo Xiuyao's interrogation.”
“He will crack and betray us the moment they interrogate him.”
Chinese culture frequently uses bones (骨气, 硬骨头) as a core metaphor for backbone, moral courage, and psychological resilience.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a tough nut to crack; a person of unyielding integrity or grit
A vivid colloquial metaphor used to describe someone who refuses to yield under duress or torture.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Zhang Hengyuan doesn't, but others might do.”
“Zhang Hengyuan was the first to refute. He said you...”
“even Nie Hengcheng would have struggled against it.”
“You are the chairman of Hengjiu. It doesn't look good. -It's not appropriate. -Yeah.”
“Isn't he Nie Hengcheng's most trusted”
“Hengjiu will be a better place for you to showcase your talents.”