做事最忌讳半途而废
“Halfway is the worst way,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
要不然我们都得死
“or we'll all die.”
做事 最 忌讳 半途而废
“Halfway is the worst way,”
何况救人
“especially when saving lives.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese culture strongly values persistence and finishing what one starts, especially when other people's well-being or shared survival is at stake.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the biggest taboo / most to be avoided
Used to strongly emphasize a mistake or practice that must be strictly avoided in a given situation.
to give up halfway
A widely used four-character idiom describing abandoning an effort before completion.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I hate people who quit halfway the most.”
“is to work hard”
“Working while reading? So half-hearted.”
“Giving up halfway means all previous efforts are wasted.”