是有人打退堂鼓的
“some of them backed out.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
需要帮助的人的时候
“the people who needed help,”
是 有人 打退堂鼓 的
“some of them backed out.”
为什么
“Why?”
“Not everyone has the stomach or heart for this tough job.”
Derived from the imperial drum beaten to signal the end of a magistrate's court session, now colloquially meaning to back out of a challenge.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to back out; to give up midway; to retreat
A very common Chinese idiom used when someone loses nerve or abandons a commitment halfway through.
Used at the end of the sentence to emphasize certainty and confirm an objective situation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“some of them backed out. Why?”
“I was ready to give up.”
“If we back down at a time like this,”
“Now you know. Are you getting cold feet? So many colleagues”
“If they get cold feet, I have to humble myself”
“Court is adjourned for now.”