横竖烧不出啊 不如回家
“You won't make enough anyway, so why don't you just go home”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这押柜定是退不了了
“there's no way you're getting your deposit back.”
横竖 烧不出啊 不如回家
“You won't make enough anyway, so why don't you just go home”
“and cry to your grandfather? Who says I can't?”
“Give up already, this is a hopeless waste of time.”
In traditional Chinese ceramics, firing porcelain carried high financial risk; failure to achieve the desired result often meant ruinous losses for artisans.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in any case; anyway; either way
A common spoken adverb indicating that the outcome is inevitable regardless of circumstances.
might as well; it would be better to
Used to introduce a practical suggestion or alternative in the face of an unfavorable situation.
Softens the assertion while conveying helplessness or obviousness regarding the situation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“there are other options than burning dead bodies.”
“There's nothing to discuss. They have to be burned.”
“Smoldering is exactly what I want. If the fire is too big,”
“turning the whole sky red.”
“If I didn’t arrange it, maybe this fire wouldn't have started.”
“It's burned. All of it.”