现在看来不过如此 你们的那些业务
“Now it seems nothing special. Your businesses...”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Daddy once said Tengda was a treasure.”
现在 看来 不过如此 你们的那些业务
“Now it seems nothing special. Your businesses...”
It doesn't make sense
“It doesn't make sense.”
“You were hyped up as something special, but your business is actually unimpressive.”
Using '不过如此' explicitly attacks the other party's prestige and face, signaling that their perceived value has collapsed upon scrutiny.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
as it now appears / in retrospect
Prefaces a revised opinion or disillusionment after observing factual developments.
nothing more than this / merely ordinary
A potent set phrase used to deflate inflated expectations or express unimpressed critique.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Seems I was talking big.”
“You don't look like you can handle it.”
“You two are making this very hard for me to continue.”
“But things now aren't what you think anymore.”
“any business for us to discuss, either. How about this? You two carry on.”