对墨嘛 不过是一知半解
“I only have a superficial knowledge of ink.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Old Madam, I know my limits.”
对墨嘛 不过是 一知半解
“I only have a superficial knowledge of ink.”
贸然进入墨业容易坏事
“Rushing into the ink industry could easily be to my detriment.”
“I know enough to be dangerous, which is why I refuse to rush in recklessly.”
Downplaying one's own mastery is a core Chinese communicative norm to avoid arrogance and deflect excessive expectations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
superficial knowledge; half-baked understanding
An idiom often used self-deprecatingly to indicate one only knows a little bit about a field.
merely; nothing more than
Used to downplay the importance or extent of something.
Softens the assertion and marks the topic as obvious or understandable in context.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“there is a problem with this ink?”
“Ink like this— I would rather not make it!”
“making a simple and useful ink would also be worthwhile.”
“So the ink they produce is always a mess.”
“how will you explain it to Li Ink?”
“Does your family make ink too?”