我们还得想方设法地
“We even had to find ways”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
救你们去了
“to rescue you.”
我们 还得 想方设法地
“We even had to find ways”
“You caused this mess, and we are the ones exhausting ourselves trying to save your face.”
Preserving reputation (mingsheng) in Chinese culture often requires collective damage control by allies or relatives, even when the person who erred does not fully appreciate the sacrifice.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to try by every possible means; to do everything possible
A common four-character idiom emphasizing exhausting every possible method or scheme to achieve an outcome.
still have to; must also
Used in spoken Chinese to stress an additional, often burdensome or unfair obligation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We need to think of another way.”
“Since he's here, we have to squeeze something useful out of him.”
“then found ways”
“He had to prove he's better than everyone else.”
“...try every means to get back at us.”
“We'll have to think of something else.”
“We'll have to think of another way.”
“We'll have to find another way.”
“We need to take this a step further. I have an idea.”
“but Ms. Wang thinks we should keep trying to win you over.”