拿我们月海做垫脚石
“as a stepping stone for your career.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你是为了自己的前途
“You used Yuehai”
拿我们月海做 垫脚石
“as a stepping stone for your career.”
你可真够王八蛋的
“You're despicable!”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Using communal loyalty and trusted associates merely as stepping stones for personal advancement is deeply despised in traditional Chinese moral philosophy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to serve as a stepping stone
A vivid idiom used negatively to condemn someone for stepping on others to climb higher.
use something as...
A grammatical pattern marking the instrument or object that is being utilized or exploited.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“In that case, Yuehai won't get built. Forget about building a printing street.”
“Even though Yuehai is newly built,”
“But given Yuehai's current conditions, I'm afraid those talents won't want to come here.”
“You said we were selling land. Do you have proof?”
“I'm not causing trouble for Yuehai.”
“Now Yuehai is entrusted to us.”