要走的话宜早不宜迟
“If you're leaving, the sooner the better.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
然后带宁娘去外面躲一阵子
“and take Changning away to hide for a while.”
要走的话宜早不宜迟
“If you're leaving, the sooner the better.”
但马上就要过年了
“But it's almost New Year,”
“We do not have the luxury of waiting; if we hesitate any longer, we will get caught.”
In Chinese culture, spending the Lunar New Year together at home is paramount, making a flight just before New Year a sign of severe crisis.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
sooner rather than later; the earlier the better
A common four-character idiom used when urging someone to take action without procrastination to prevent complications.
if... (speaking of)
A standard conversational conditional pattern setting up the premise for advice or consequences.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“should happen sooner rather than later.”
“he'd leave sooner or later.”
“You're going to leave sooner or later,”
“Need to get up earlier. Hurry!”
“You can leave whenever you want.”
“Wait. Is it that urgent? Can't you leave tomorrow morning?”