什么不能做 他心里是有数的
“what he can and cannot do.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
老韩虽然脾气急 对鑫海有意见 但什么能做
“Han has a short temper and has issues with Xinhai, but he knows”
什么 不能 做 他 心里 是 有数的
“what he can and cannot do.”
警察说了 要查监控 看看东西 到底是不是他
“The police said they need to check the surveillance to see if the stuff was really”
“He may be angry, but he would never cross the line into committing a crime.”
Chinese culture values people who understand unspoken boundaries and exercise self-restraint even when emotionally agitated.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to know full well / to have a clear sense of limits
Extremely common idiom indicating that someone understands the boundaries, reality, or consequences internally.
what should not be done / what lines cannot be crossed
Refers to absolute ethical, legal, or professional red lines.
Functions in the '是...的' construction to assert categorical certainty about the person's judgment.
