半吊子教半吊子
“Loose cannon teaching another amateur,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
看看 那像不像花果山放出来的一群猴
“Just look. Don't they look like a pack of monkeys?”
半吊子 教 半吊子
“Loose cannon teaching another amateur,”
“and they still turn out half-baked.”
“Neither the teacher nor the students know what they are doing; it is a total joke.”
In Chinese apprenticeships, rigorous mastery passed down from a true master is deeply valued; amateurish teaching is viewed with sharp disdain.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
amateur; dabbler; half-baked person
A common colloquial term used to describe someone who lacks professional skills or complete knowledge in a trade.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Half a son, I suppose.”
“Those old fogies with one foot in the grave”
“Half my apprentice, half my son.”
“An exhausted half-life?”
“He's just a kid.”
“just hanging around here half-dead.”