总不能踩着高跷吧 所以还是欠练 你知道吧
“I can't exactly walk around on stilts. So you just lack practice, you know?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但我每天挤地铁的话
“But since I take the subway every day,”
总不能 踩着高跷吧 所以还是 欠练 你知道吧
“I can't exactly walk around on stilts. So you just lack practice, you know?”
“You need to wear them, practice, and walk more. Well, don't rush home just yet.”
“Stop making excuses about the subway; you just need to suck it up and practice.”
Close friends or mentors in China often use blunt critique and humorous exaggerations (like walking on stilts) to motivate peers.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
surely one cannot... / it is not as if...
Used to make a rhetorical point highlighting that an alternative extreme is absurd.
lacking practice / out of shape
Colloquial Northern Chinese expression suggesting someone struggles merely because they haven't trained enough.
Softens the rhetorical question and seeks mutual agreement.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and the skill levels vary, so I'm letting them practice alone.”
“Even if you can't aim well, you still need to practice hard!”
“I'll just train harder from now on.”
“How? Stand up and show me.”
“You've never worn high heels before? You don't even know how to walk.”
“but you still have to dance in high heels.”