一帮见风使舵的东西
“A bunch of opportunists.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“They avoid us like the plague.”
一帮 见风使舵 的 东西
“A bunch of opportunists.”
王爷近几日也不召见我等
“His Highness hasn't summoned us for days.”
“Those spineless cowards only care about their own survival and turned their backs on us.”
Traditional Chinese political culture places supreme value on loyalty during adversity, viewing opportunistic realignments with harsh moral contempt.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to trim one's sails to the wind; opportunistic
A derogatory four-character idiom describing someone who constantly shifts allegiances to favor whoever holds power.
a bunch of [derogatory label] things/wretches
A highly dismissive and demeaning spoken construction used to insult a group of people.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'm reading it anyway, no matter who it's for.”
“You can't make any waves.”
“to navigate the seas.”
“trim your sails to the wind, cut your coat to fit your cloth.”
“yet he started a riot.”
“No matter who you are, just be ready to weather the storm.”