你要做好思想准备
“prepare yourself mentally.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
书记
“Mr. Zheng,”
你要 做好思想准备
“prepare yourself mentally.”
什么
“What?”
“Brace yourself, because bad news is coming.”
In Chinese bureaucratic and institutional culture, superiors often signal bad news beforehand with this stock phrase to cushion the shock and demand psychological resilience.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to prepare oneself mentally; to brace oneself
A very common Chinese idiom used especially by superiors or doctors before delivering unwelcome news.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But you need to mentally prepare yourselves.”
“You should be ready.”
“you need to be mentally prepared.”
“you should be prepared.”
“we should be mentally prepared.”
“Prepare yourself mentally.”
“You should brace yourself for that.”
“You'd better be prepared.”
“You need to think about the future.”
“Be mentally prepared.”
“just to be mentally prepared.”
“You need to mentally prepare yourself.”
“But you need to prepare yourself.”
“You need to be mentally prepared. Prepared for what?”
“We should all be mentally prepared.”
“So, you'd better plot your own course.”
“Then we need to prepare in advance.”