常在河边走 哪有不湿鞋的嘛
“Everyone makes mistakes sometimes.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不嫌丢人呢
“Embarrassing!”
常在河边走 哪有不 湿鞋 的 嘛
“Everyone makes mistakes sometimes.”
宋师傅偶尔一次 不能全盘否定嘛 不是
“It was just a one-off for Master Song. You can't just dismiss him. What...”
“Mistakes happen to anyone doing this regularly, so cut him some slack.”
Chinese interpersonal communication often relies on conventional proverbs to appeal to human fallibility and ease conflict between strict rules and personal face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
inevitable exposure leads to occasional slip-ups; you cannot touch pitch and not be defiled
A common proverb used to rationalize that frequent exposure to risk will eventually lead to minor errors or entanglement.
Highlights the statement as an obvious, self-evident truth to persuade the listener.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But if you walk by the river often enough,”
“Come on. - Go where? - Follow me. You'll know.”
“remember, leave if you can.”
“yet you only walked the narrow bridge.”
“Come on. Are you coming or not?”
“Whoever wants to leave, they can leave.”