空有一身功夫 不愿上场打仗
“Liu Weixue refuses to go to war.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
柳家世代武将 这柳为雪
“The Liu family's been generals for generations. But despite all his skill,”
空有一身功夫 不愿 上场打仗
“Liu Weixue refuses to go to war.”
“- Half a month ago, - Go… he fled an arranged marriage and came here.”
“What a total waste of martial ability—he has great skills but completely lacks the courage and duty to fight.”
In traditional martial lineages (武将世家), using inherited martial prowess to serve the state was considered a vital filial and civic obligation; refusing battle brings shame to the ancestors.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
having great martial skills in vain; wasted ability
'空有' expresses that a remarkable skill or asset exists entirely in vain without yielding practical results.
to go to the battlefield and fight
A standard spoken idiom for engaging in combat or military warfare.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Right now, I've got all this skill and nowhere to put it to use,”
“But ambition alone, without the chance to serve in office,”
“Full of ambition but with nowhere to apply it.”
“Why aren't you training? Why wash veg here? Yeah.”
“Where did you go instead of practicing?”
“You're not good at fighting, but you sure can run.”