绝不能有再三再四
“but not three or four times!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“♪ The two of us, working late at night, sneak up to the base of the wall ♪ The same bad thing could happen once or twice,”
绝不能 有再三再四
“but not three or four times!”
“"Never cave in to reality."”
“I let it slide once or twice, but this is the absolute final straw.”
Chinese cultural ethics frequently preach patience for first and second mistakes ('有再一再二'), but draw a strict line at the third occurrence ('事不过三').
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
repeatedly; over and over again
An idiom derived from classic phrasing used to denote excessive repetition of an undesirable action.
must absolutely not; under no circumstances can
A strong emphatic negative construction indicating strict prohibition or firm resolve.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It's not going to happen a third time.”
“Nothing shall go wrong with him!”
“I can't afford to let anything go wrong again.”
“Never again will I let history repeat itself. GAOYANG COUNTY”
“I absolutely cannot repeat the same mistake.”