我爸说过 穷寇莫追
“My dad told me not to push a defeated enemy.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我可不信
“I don't believe that.”
我爸 说过 穷寇莫追
“My dad told me not to push a defeated enemy.”
“Now, I have leverage over Cai Jun.”
“Back off before this blows up in our faces.”
Drawing from traditional Sun Tzu-style strategic philosophy, Chinese speakers often value leaving an opponent a way out to prevent mutual destruction.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
do not pursue a desperate foe
A classical idiom from military strategy used metaphorically in modern speech to warn against pushing a defeated opponent into a desperate counterattack.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'm also at fault for this.”
“My dad has always felt guilty.”
“It's not easy for your dad to run a noodle restaurant. Just take it as robbing the rich to help the poor.”
“I even hired someone to follow my dad.”
“your father committed an unpardonable crime.”
“My father passed away too early.”