之前的一切努力就都白费了
“all your previous efforts would be in vain.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你此刻死了
“If you die now,”
之前的一切努力就都 白费了
“all your previous efforts would be in vain.”
王安平现在的罪名
“Wang Anping's only crime now”
“Do not die now; if you die, your revenge fails and everything you suffered for was for nothing.”
In Chinese revenge and historical dramas, endurance and surviving are prioritized over reckless martyrdom; dying prematurely before justice is served is considered the ultimate failure.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
gone down the drain; wasted in vain
A very common everyday phrase used when hard work, time, or energy yields zero result.
all efforts
Often paired with verbs like '白费' (go to waste) or '得到回报' (pay off) to emphasize total endeavor.
Indicates a change of state or marks the realization of an undesirable outcome under the condition.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and all your years of hard work will be wasted.”
“Otherwise, everything I did will be in vain.”
“only to fail again and again”
“Everything in the past is behind us.”
“and everything we've worked for slip away?”
“(is enough to watch all that effort go down the drain.)”