时间就是金钱 效率就是生命啊
“Time is money. Efficiency is life.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
时间就是金钱 效率就是生命 啊
“Time is money. Efficiency is life.”
你们要是没有地了 可以告诉我
“Tell me if you lack land,”
“Quit stalling and wasting our time; we need this project moving right now.”
Originating in Shekou, Shenzhen in 1981, this phrase epitomizes modern China's economic mobilization and is used to push past sluggish governance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
time is money
A classic slogan used to justify rapid action and reject bureaucratic procrastination.
efficiency is life
Commonly paired with 'time is money' in Chinese commercial and reform-era development rhetoric.
Adds rhetorical urgency and emphatic weight to the slogan.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“"Time is money." Right?”
“People say time is money.”
“Time is a powerful thing.”
“Wasting our time won't do you any good.”
“You're just wasting our time!”
“There isn't much time left to waste.”