干吗不坚持到底呢
“why not avoid it all the way?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你说你躲都躲了
“Since you've already avoided it,”
干吗不 坚持到底 呢
“why not avoid it all the way?”
小笼包 快醒了
“Xiaolongbao is about to wake up.”
“If you already went that far, why did you give up halfway?”
Chinese culture places a high value on finishing what one starts; giving up halfway after already taking difficult steps often invites sympathetic or critical questioning from peers.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
why; why on earth
Very frequent spoken alternative to '为什么', often carrying a mildly critical or questioning tone.
persist to the end; stick it out
A fixed four-character phrase used to encourage perseverance or comment on seeing things through.
Marks a rhetorical or pondering question, softening what would otherwise sound like an outright reprimand.
