也不能感情用事
“nor can we be sentimental.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我们既不能武断
“We can't be arbitrary,”
也不能 感情用事
“nor can we be sentimental.”
所以我认为
“Therefore, I believe”
“Keep personal feelings out of this; we need to make an objective, defensible decision.”
In formal Chinese organizational culture, cautioning against 'ganqing yongshi' is essential for establishing fairness and preventing personal connections (guanxi) or biases from undermining professional protocol.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to act on impulse / to let emotions sway one's actions
A standard set idiom (chengyu) commonly used in formal or professional settings to critique irrational decision-making.
can neither... nor...
A formal correlative structure used to establish balanced constraints or dual negative standards.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I hope you won't let your emotions get the better of you.”
“he just wasn't very good at expressing his feelings.”
“never to get too emotional.”
“We shouldn't make it worse emotionally.”
“any personal feelings interfere with my work.”