那种人谁跟他合作 迟早要完蛋
“Who would work with someone like that? He'll fail sooner or later.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Did that project fall through? Don't mention the project.”
那种人谁跟他 合作 迟早 要完蛋
“Who would work with someone like that? He'll fail sooner or later.”
也是
“That's true.”
“It is actually a relief that the deal fell through, because working with him would have ruined us anyway.”
When commercial cooperation falls through, Chinese speakers often rationalize the loss by emphasizing the untrustworthiness of the counterpart to save face and find closure.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
bound to be ruined sooner or later
An informal and strong assertion predicting inevitable failure or disaster.
that kind of person
Often carries a pejorative connotation to distance oneself from undesirable characters.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Looks like our cooperation is about to be finalized.”
“Their cooperation is too fast.”
“No wonder they're rushing to cooperate with us.”
“they won't work with us anymore.”
“If they're not working with us, who are they working with?”
“It's been a pleasure working with you. Don't celebrate too soon.”