凡事都要给自己留点余地
“Don't burn your bridges.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
凡事 都要 给 自己 留点余地
“Don't burn your bridges.”
你说什么呢 你干什么 这是公安局
“What did you say? What are you doing? This is the police station.”
“Don't push me into a corner, or you will regret it.”
Traditional Chinese interpersonal philosophy emphasizes never pushing an adversary into total desperation, as doing so destroys future flexibility and invites desperate retaliation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in all things; everything
Used as an adverbial or topic to state general philosophical principles or rules of conduct.
to leave some leeway or room for maneuver
A common idiom used when advising someone not to push an issue to extremes or corner someone completely.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If you're smart, you'd leave yourself an escape route now.”
“She had to leave herself a way out.”
“I really need a backup plan.”