要是连这些小事都办不好
“if I cannot even handle such small matters,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
忠肝义胆
“loyal and upright,”
要是连 这些 小事 都办不好
“if I cannot even handle such small matters,”
“how could I help His Highness shoulder his burdens in the future?”
“We must get this done right, or our master will see us as completely worthless.”
In hierarchical patronage systems, subordinates validate their existence by relieving their lord of anxiety and troublesome duties.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
if even [X] cannot be done, then...
A classic progressive conditional structure used to argue that failing a basic requirement makes higher aspirations impossible.
unable to handle properly / fail to accomplish
A ubiquitous potential complement result pattern meaning failure to execute an assignment satisfactorily.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You can't even handle such a small task.”
“But now you can't even deal with something this small.”
“Can't even handle a simple task.”