怕的是他总能赢钱
“for fear that he will always win”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
都禁止山本大将入内
“still ban Admiral Yamamoto from entering”
怕的是他总能赢钱
“for fear that he will always win”
宫里一直都流传着
“There has always been a rumor in the palace”
“The real problem is not that he gambles, but that he is unnervingly clever and never loses.”
Chinese rhetoric frequently uses '怕的是' to contrast minor superficial issues with the true strategic danger.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what is actually feared is...
Use this structure to pivot to the true underlying threat or root concern.
to win money (gambling)
A common spoken verb-object phrase used when discussing gambling outcomes.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“There's no way I can find a loophole.”
“Running away after winning?”
“if you want to win to the very end,”
“This one is 76 years old and probably can't even work an abacus.”
“they will just line their own pockets,”
“If you follow him, you likely won't have a good outcome either.”