我去了 反而显得碍手碍脚
“Even if I'm there, I can't help at all.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
汤子孝又太能干 比当年魏庄师兄还要能干
“Tang Zixiao is quite capable, even more capable than Wei Zhuang.”
我去 了 反而显得 碍手碍脚
“Even if I'm there, I can't help at all.”
那确实不能去
“Indeed, you shouldn't go then.”
“He is doing great without me, and my presence would only be an awkward distraction.”
In Chinese teamwork culture, declining to intervene in a capable peer's work is seen as respectful non-interference rather than laziness, often framed using humble self-diminution.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in the way; clumsy; obstructive
A common idiom used to describe a person or object that physically or functionally hampers others from working efficiently.
instead turns out to look like; contrary to expectation, it appears
Used to point out an unintended, contrary impression or outcome created by an action.