烫手的山芋没人敢接 我接了
“No one dares to be in charge of the case. I did.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
怎么了 二二八案呗
“What's wrong? 228 case.”
烫手的山芋 没人敢 接 我接了
“No one dares to be in charge of the case. I did.”
可是一涉及到 强盛集团还有供电局
“But once it involved the Qiangsheng Group and the Power Supply Bureau,”
“I stepped up when everyone else chickened out, and now I'm paying the price for doing the right thing.”
Taking over a 'hot potato' represents moral courage (担当, Dan Dang), contrasting with bureaucratic passivity where officials avoid risky assignments to protect themselves.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a hot potato; a troublesome problem that nobody wants to touch
Extremely frequent colloquial metaphor used in workplace and political settings for high-risk assignments.
nobody dares to accept / take on
Used to underline the perceived danger or sensitivity of a project or task.
Marks the completed realization of the action, adding a sense of finality and personal ownership over the risky decision.
