学 就不能半途而废
“If you start, you can't leave it unfinished.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我不怕
“I'm not scared.”
学 就 不能 半途而废
“If you start, you can't leave it unfinished.”
啥是半途而废
“What does that mean?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese mentorship and educational philosophy strongly emphasize enduring hardship and refusing to quit once a path of study has begun.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to give up halfway; to leave something unfinished
A common four-character idiom (chengyu) used when lecturing or encouraging someone to finish a difficult task.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If you give up halfway,”
“As long as my grades don't slip. My dad can't understand it.”
“My grades aren't as good.”
“Can you focus on your studies?”
“(As long as my grades were good, I could ignore those stares.)”
“You're not good at studying, huh?”