也不会做这自欺欺人的生意
“than do this self-deceiving business.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
仕泽墨就是仕泽墨 交不了墨 我宁可赔钱
“Shize Ink is Shize Ink. If we can't deliver the ink, I'd rather lose money”
也不会 做这 自欺欺人 的生意
“than do this self-deceiving business.”
仕泽墨已经成为徽州学子 参加秋闱的首选
“Shize Ink has become the first choice for Huizhou students taking the autumn imperial examination.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Because stationery and ink were sacred tools for civil service examinations, producing substandard goods was seen as destroying scholars' futures and committing a moral crime.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
deceiving oneself as well as others
A common idiom used to harshly criticize deliberate hypocrisy or selling fake products.
will not even do / will never engage in
Pairs with 'rather' (宁可) from preceding clauses to show an uncompromising stance.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“than do this self-deceiving business.”
“We don't engage in this kind of business. Why come to the jungle”
“we won't do it, whatever the benefit is.”