你有本事 我有关系
“You've got skills. I've got connections.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我是觉得你身手不错
“I think you've got skills.”
你有本事 我 有关系
“You've got skills. I've got connections.”
我们两伙并作一伙
“If we join forces,”
“Neither of us can dominate alone, so let's team up and exploit our joint advantages.”
In Chinese commercial and social spheres, combining hard competence (benshi) with social leverage (guanxi) is regarded as the ultimate formula for achieving difficult goals.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
capable / possessing real skill or competence
A colloquial compliment acknowledging someone's practical capability or toughness.
to have influential connections or social networks
Often used in pragmatic contexts to denote having useful access or network leverage.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If you're that good, walk backward over this too.”
“You go if you're so brave. Just go ask for it. I'm not going. I don't dare.”
“-It's all your fault! -Why don't you take that attitude to the court and shout at them?”
“I've got that kind of ability? Sure you do.”
“If he's got the nerve, he better never come back.”
“If you're so capable, try stopping updates for a month.”