半途而废等于前功尽弃
“Giving up halfway means all previous efforts are wasted.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
您想过吗 就现在而言 这条路越走越窄
“Have you thought about it? For now, this path is getting narrower and narrower.”
半途而废 等于 前功尽弃
“Giving up halfway means all previous efforts are wasted.”
如果继续下去呢 恐怕不但不能成功 反而会被虎伤
“If you continue, I'm afraid you not only won't succeed, but will be hurt by the tiger.”
“We have invested far too much to turn back now, so we must see this through.”
Chinese cultural narratives heavily valorize seeing difficult ventures through to the bitter end, viewing quitting as a failure of moral character.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to give up halfway
A common four-character idiom used to criticize someone for abandoning a task before completion.
all previous efforts wasted
Use this idiom when highlighting the complete loss of past accomplishments due to a sudden failure or retreat.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“all our efforts will be wasted.”
“Despite your best efforts, you fell short in the end.”
“(is enough to watch all that effort go down the drain.)”
“might have come to nothing at the last moment.”
“Otherwise, all our efforts will come to nothing.”
“in defeat.”
“Halfway is the worst way,”
“or it'll all be for nothing.”