刚才那位 摸爬滚打出来的 他都废了
“The guy just now has been through a lot. Even he's washed up.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“These HK (China) guys aren't easy to fool.”
刚才那位 摸爬滚打 出来 的 他都 废了
“The guy just now has been through a lot. Even he's washed up.”
你可别逞能啊
“Don't try to be a hero.”
“If even a hardened pro couldn't survive it, don't fool yourself into thinking you can.”
In Chinese interpersonal communication, cautionary advice is often delivered via cautionary tales of peers rather than direct reprimands.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to go through tough trials / to fight one's way up through thick and thin
An idiomatic four-character expression denoting extensive, grueling real-world experience.
ruined / broken down / rendered useless
Highly colloquial hyperbole describing someone who is completely exhausted, injured, or washed up.
Indicates a completed state change emphasizing the irreversible damage or defeat.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“that long staircase in the teaching building.”
“If you don't go, I'll really get mad.”
“I'll go out on the streets and feel things out. You guys keep sifting through the files here—”
“a humiliating loss to Jiang Hansheng.”
“I would have beaten him already. I yelled at him.”
“Okay, you told me. Now fuck off.”