写得不好宁可不写
“I'd rather not write than write poorly.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
总归可以交差的
“deliver something.”
写得不好 宁可不写
“I'd rather not write than write poorly.”
这个是你工作
“This is your job.”
“I care about quality and refuse to churn out mediocre junk just to check a box.”
Contrasts the artistic integrity of creative professionals with the Chinese workplace reality of 'jiaochai' (doing just enough to satisfy the boss).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
would rather; prefer to
Used to introduce a lesser evil or principled alternative, often paired with '也不' (would rather... than...).
poorly written; not written well
A common verb-complement construction evaluating the outcome of an action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It's not great. Will this do?”
“Maybe she can't help me write better stories,”
“Whether the writing is good comes second.”
“If it's not great, you can always”
“If it's terrible, you can scold me.”
“so I was too embarrassed to show you the essay.”