也不能太走过场
“We can't just go through the motions either,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
内部例行询问
“with routine internal inquiries?”
也不 能太 走过场
“We can't just go through the motions either,”
“otherwise it'll be hard to explain to my mentor.”
“We need to make this look legit so we don't get chewed out later.”
In Chinese workplaces and apprenticeship systems, junior staff must maintain appearances and show respect toward their mentor (shifu) by avoiding sloppy, overtly perfunctory work.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to go through the motions; to do something merely as a formality
A common idiom used in professional and official settings to describe perfunctory or superficial compliance.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You can't be too casual or too direct.”
“♪ We become one ♪ Did I jump the gun there? ♪ Through day and night ♪”
“But don't take it too seriously”
“Isn't that too rash?”
“don't take everything too seriously.”
“Some things shouldn't be taken too seriously”