没有功劳也有苦劳那一套
“the "no achievement, but effort counts" card.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你还是想搞那个
“You're just trying to play”
没有功劳也有苦劳 那一套
“the "no achievement, but effort counts" card.”
谁不说呢
“That's right.”
“Don't try to use hard work as an excuse for failing to produce real results.”
Traditional Chinese culture often values perseverance and effort (苦劳), but modern performance-driven workplaces frequently push back against using effort to excuse poor results (功劳).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
even if one lacks merit, one still has credit for hard work
A classic idiom often used to appeal for leniency or acknowledgment based on effort rather than outcome, or cited critically.
that routine / that set of tricks
Used informally to dismiss a familiar pattern of behavior, argument, or excuse as clichéd or untrustworthy.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Even if we didn't achieve much, we've worked hard.”
“But give me credit for my hard work, if not my achievements.”
“Even if I haven't made any contributions, I've worked hard.”
“Even if I didn't contribute much to the company, I've put in my fair share of hard work too.”
“At least I gave it my all. We often hear it, but it's the truth.”
“You could say I did something good.”