我也要给自己找一条退路
THE DIALOGUE REEL
其二
我也要 给自己 找一条 退路
尽量全身而退
“I must protect my own neck before things go completely downhill.”
Chinese strategic culture deeply values retaining a retreat option rather than burning bridges or walking into dead ends without an exit.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to secure an escape route for oneself; to prepare a contingency plan
A common idiom used when strategically planning to mitigate risk and avoid total ruin in high-stakes situations.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If you're smart, you'd leave yourself an escape route now.”
“She had to leave herself a way out.”
“left himself a way out long ago.”
“So we must keep an escape route open.”
“I really need a backup plan.”
“to burn my own bridges.”