有野心 没底线
“ambitious and without limits.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
杜兆基 太像刚发家时的您
“Du Zhaoji is too much like you when you first made your fortune—”
有野心 没底线
“ambitious and without limits.”
“And you know that kind of approach doesn't work anymore in this day and age.”
“He is dangerously ruthless and will stop at nothing, which makes him a liability.”
In Chinese moral philosophy, maintaining a 'baseline' (底线) is essential for honor; someone lacking one is considered inherently treacherous and untrustworthy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
ambitious
Frequently carries a slightly negative or calculating connotation in Chinese, unlike the purely positive English 'ambitious'.
having no moral bottom line; unprincipled
Used to describe a person willing to break any moral or legal rule to achieve their goals.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Not at all ambitious or motivated to do anything”
“What ambition! Indeed.”
“We wouldn't be here”
“I am not that ambitious. I just need to settle accounts with you.”
“but great ambition.”
“His ambition is vicious and not to be underestimated.”