你我都知道这药没用
“We both know they won't help.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
县主先吃下吧
“Take them for now.”
你我都知道 这药 没用
“We both know they won't help.”
“They can't cure it, and they taste awful.”
“Do not force me to swallow bitter medicine just to maintain a pointless pretense.”
While Chinese tradition teaches that good medicine tastes bitter (良药苦口), the speaker subverts this proverb by refusing bitter suffering when healing is impossible.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
we both know full well
Invoked to break formalities and challenge hollow rituals or compliance.
useless / of no avail
A very frequent spoken term for dismissing actions, objects, or remedies as ineffective.