净长他人士气灭自己威风 不是
“You're just boosting their morale and diminishing ours. I'm not...”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这怎么可能
“How is that even possible?”
净 长他人士气灭自己威风 不是
“You're just boosting their morale and diminishing ours. I'm not...”
退一步说
“Taking a step back,”
“Stop being such a defeatist and siding with them! Actually, wait a second...”
In Chinese group dynamics, maintaining collective confidence ('wei feng') is vital during conflicts. Publicly praising a rival's strength is often viewed as a betrayal of group morale.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to boost the enemy's morale and dampen one's own spirit
A classic four-character idiom pair used to scold teammates or allies who overestimate the competition and talk down their own side.
wait; no; hold on (discourse marker)
Used at the end or beginning of a clause not to negate a fact, but to interrupt oneself and pivot to a new point.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You think you're tough now, huh?”
“Getting bold, huh?”
“He's the type who never lasts with anyone.”
“why do people want to live forever?”
“You've got a body as tough as iron,”
“You've become quite capable, haven't you? Hypocrite... You must write a thorough self-criticism.”