在她醒来之前 我不想再添波澜
“Until she wakes, I don't want to stir up trouble.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“So many eyes are fixed on this place.”
在她醒来之前 我不想 再 添波澜
“Until she wakes, I don't want to stir up trouble.”
明日我再来吧
“I'll come again tomorrow.”
“Keep quiet and don't make trouble; we can't afford any more complications right now.”
When facing intense scrutiny from rivals, Chinese strategic thinking emphasizes lying low and avoiding unnecessary complications.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
stir up trouble; create complications
Literally 'to add waves'; a literary yet spoken idiom for stirring up drama or compounding existing turmoil.
before waking up
A standard temporal clause specifying the condition prior to a person regaining consciousness.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Notify us as soon as he wakes up.”
“- She's awake, is she? - We're just leaving.”
“When I first woke up, I couldn't remember anything”
“♪ Now we're at the edge ♪ But after waking up,”
“I'll never be the way I was before.”
“Don't dwell on the past. Look ahead.”