故 功败垂成
“Thus, the plan failed.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
竟能取得易身大法的解药
“obtained the antidote to the Body Shift.”
故 功败垂成
“Thus, the plan failed.”
蔡平殊的侄女
“Cai Pingshu's niece?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Literary four-character idioms are frequently used in Chinese dramatic speech to summarize outcomes with solemnity and poetic conciseness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to fail on the verge of success; to fall through at the last moment
A high-register chengyu used to describe a plan collapsing at the final hurdle after immense effort.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“in defeat.”
“all our efforts will be wasted.”
“Despite your best efforts, you fell short in the end.”
“(is enough to watch all that effort go down the drain.)”
“might have come to nothing at the last moment.”
“Otherwise, all our efforts will come to nothing.”