大家就是爱拉帮结伙的 就是爱投机取巧
“that everyone likes to form cliques and act opportunistically.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但是 太爷 我还是想问你啊 他姐都跟他说了
“But Master, I still want to ask you, his sis already told him”
大家 就是 爱 拉帮结伙 的 就是 爱 投机取巧
“that everyone likes to form cliques and act opportunistically.”
这屈原怎么就不听呢
“Why didn't Qu Yuan listen?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Contrasts the cynical reality of factional self-interest with historical moral idealists like Qu Yuan, illustrating the perennial Chinese philosophical conflict between pragmatic survival and unyielding virtue.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to form cliques / to gang up
A derogatory four-character idiom describing people joining forces for factional or self-serving interests.
to seize opportunities by crooked means / to take opportunistic shortcuts
Used critically to describe those who avoid honest hard work in favor of clever tricks or opportunism.
Used at the end of the clause to give an assertive, categorical tone to the statement.
