只能矮子里挑将军了
“we have to make the best of what we have.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
照平时啊 这么高级的活还轮不到你 不过非常时期
“Normally, you wouldn't get such an advanced task. But in these extraordinary times,”
只能 矮子里挑将军 了
“we have to make the best of what we have.”
这表示有救治希望
“This means there's hope for treatment.”
“You are not really qualified, but you are the best bad option we have right now.”
Chinese culture values adaptability (tongbian) during emergencies, where standard hierarchies and qualifications are temporarily waived to solve pressing problems.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
choosing the best of a bad bunch; settling for the lesser of evils
A common colloquial idiom used when selecting someone or something simply because all other alternatives are even worse.
have no choice but to; can only
Used to express limitation or resignation to an unavoidable course of action.
Indicates a new situation or realization that forces the current decision.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You toil day and night in the army,”
“I become an official even higher than a general?”
“Young General Zhao truly has sharp judgment.”
“General, you're still young.”
“the General is quite pitiful. Stop pretending.”
“(The General means to kill.)”