不能就差这临门一脚
“You can't fall apart right at the finish line.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“it hasn't been easy for you two to come this far.”
不能 就差 这 临门一脚
“You can't fall apart right at the finish line.”
妈
“Mom!”
“You have worked too hard to quit now; see this through to the very end!”
Chinese cultural values strongly emphasize persistence and guarding against giving up right before harvest, making familial figures especially vocal when someone threatens to quit at the final hurdle.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the final shot at the goal; the crucial last step
Originating from soccer, this idiom is widely used in Chinese to describe the final, decisive action needed to achieve success.
to be short of only; to lack just
Used to emphasize that only a tiny fraction or final step remains to complete a task.