他一拍屁股就走人了
“would just walk away.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
谁知道刘文波他也真不是人
“Who knew Liu Wenbo”
他 一拍屁股就走人 了
“would just walk away.”
演 演 你就演
“Keep acting, go on.”
“He just dumped this mess on us and walked away without caring at all.”
In Chinese culture, abandoning an unresolved duty ('patting one's butt and leaving') is viewed as a severe ethical failure and breach of trustworthiness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to wash one's hands of something; to walk away without taking responsibility
A highly colloquial, derogatory expression describing someone abandoning a mess for others to clean up.
Marks the completion of the sudden, irresponsible departure.