你也会步我的后尘
“you too will follow in my footsteps.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
或许再过不久
“Perhaps before long,”
你 也会 步我的后尘
“you too will follow in my footsteps.”
别像我这样
“Don't.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese interpersonal rhetoric often uses one's own tragedy or failure as a cautionary tale to stop someone from reckless behavior.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to follow in someone's footsteps (usually negative)
A formal idiom used almost exclusively to warn someone against repeating another person's disastrous mistakes.