削尖脑袋生怕少了一份功劳
“and was afraid you'd get less credit.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
削尖脑袋生怕少了一份功劳
“and was afraid you'd get less credit.”
如今呢
“Right now,”
“They are desperate, self-serving opportunists who only care about taking credit.”
Describes opportunistic behavior in hierarchical systems where individuals fiercely maneuver to claim merit while avoiding blame.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
rack one's brains / squeeze in by any means necessary
A vivid derogatory idiom describing someone desperately and opportunistically pushing their way into a lucrative position.
for fear that / lest
Used in spoken Chinese to express an underlying anxiety or apprehension driving an extreme action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“they are still willing to do whatever it takes to get in.”
“You cut off one of his ears.”
“Jianjian, I don't want to waste too much of your time.”
“We are risking our necks here.”
“And Jianjian, what happened to your face?”
“will cost you your head.”