就算女子可以参试 但你不行
“even if women can take the exam, you can't.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
退一万步讲
“take a step back,”
就算 女子可以参试 但 你不行
“even if women can take the exam, you can't.”
我不行
“I can't?”
“Gender barriers aside, you simply do not have what it takes.”
In historical settings, civil examinations dictated one's entire social destiny; qualifying to test was highly restrictive and fiercely contested.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
even if / granted that
Used to introduce a concession or hypothetical condition before presenting a strong counterpoint.
taking a step back / even in the most extreme hypothetical case
A colloquial idiom used to make a generous concession to disprove the other person's conclusion entirely.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“even a national selection exam is not allowed.”
“Why can't it be a woman? You…”
“What's he doing? Is he really going to try?”
“Of course, I want to participate in the selection exam.”
“Even if we submit it for the selection, it might not win.”
“After the exam, you'll take up an official post.”