也好不到哪儿去
“aren't much better.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但人
“but humans”
也好 不 到哪儿去
“aren't much better.”
人并非生下来就懂得礼义廉耻
“Humans aren't born knowing virtue and decency,”
“Humans are just as flawed and hypocritical as anyone else.”
A common motif in Chinese philosophical stories and fantasy genres questioning conventional orthodox morality and contrasting human hypocrisy with animal honesty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not much better either / just as bad
A frequent idiomatic pattern used to point out that two subjects share the same flaws or are equally mediocre.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Even if he doesn't die, he won't be in good shape.”
“There are plenty of places one could go.”
“where they went.”
“where are you heading?”
“We're not out of options yet.”
“And she's still nowhere to be found.”