等别人良心发现
“and waiting for people to suddenly do the right thing”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
等着时间来解决问题
“Waiting for time to solve problems,”
等别人 良心发现
“and waiting for people to suddenly do the right thing”
“Relying on bad people to suddenly feel guilty is completely naive.”
Liangxin is a core Confucian moral concept representing inherent innate goodness; awaiting someone's conscience to kick in denotes naive reliance on internal morality rather than external enforcement.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to have a pang of conscience; an awakening of moral conscience
Used when an unscrupulous or selfish person unexpectedly does the right thing, or sarcastically to highlight the futility of expecting it.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Did your conscience get the better of you? Is that why?”
“Don't you feel even a twinge of guilt?”
“Actually, it's because of your guilty conscience, right?”
“So I asked to come here to repent, so you never have to see me again.”
“A liar with a conscience is still a liar.”
“you should keep your good conscience.”