说明我们打蛇 没有打在七寸上
“That means we haven't hit them where it hurts.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“yet those people still dare to operate underground.”
说明我们打蛇 没有 打在 七寸 上
“That means we haven't hit them where it hurts.”
所以
“So,”
“Our past measures were ineffective because we missed their real vulnerability.”
Chinese speakers frequently use animal metaphors and folk proverbs like striking a snake's vital spot ('七寸') to succinctly explain strategic decisions or administrative failures.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
strike the snake at its vital point / hit the weak spot
A well-known Chinese idiom used when addressing an opponent's fatal weakness or tackling a problem at its root.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Of course, we should go for the fatal spot.”
“To strike at the heart of the threat,”
“Strike a snake at its vital spot.”
“A female snake's vital point is different from other snakes'.”
“but don't alert them. Yes.”
“We've alerted them. We may find nothing.”