万一顾兄百密一疏
“If Mr. Gu should overlook something,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
怎么会？
“Why would I?”
万一 顾兄 百密一疏
“If Mr. Gu should overlook something,”
我就靠它了
“I'll be counting on this.”
“You are competent, but I am not staking my life entirely on you.”
By using an idiom that inherently acknowledges 99% perfection ('百密'), the speaker politely cushions the blow of anticipating the other person's failure.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a single careless slip out of a hundred careful precautions; an unexpected lapse
Used when pointing out that even the most meticulous planning can suffer a minor, fatal oversight.
just in case; in the unlikely event that
Placed at the beginning of a clause to introduce a low-probability contingency or worst-case scenario.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Take care, Mr. Gu. We'll be waiting for your return.”
“You and Mr. Gu will protect me, right?”
“You don't care about my brother's safety.”
“and ask Senior Brother Bai for advice humbly?”
“Have you forgotten, Li, how we obtained our positions?”
“I will be treating her as a sister.”