他画的东西既不押韵 也没有理由
“There's no rhyme or reason to his subjects.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“- [Carl] Of what? - Whatever he fancies.”
他画 的 东西 既不 押韵 也 没有理由
“There's no rhyme or reason to his subjects.”
- 能给我看看吗？ - 不行 不能给你看
“- [Carl] Can I see them? - No, you cannot.”
“It is total gibberish, do not waste your time trying to decipher it.”
The phrase '既不押韵也没有理由' is a direct calque of the English idiom 'no rhyme or reason', frequently encountered in translated media and modern colloquial speech.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
neither... nor...
Parallel grammatical structure used to negate two related attributes simultaneously.
makes no sense; without justification
Used to describe actions or results that lack clear motivation or understandable cause.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I can tell that he didn't put in a lot of effort.”
“you wouldn't paint what didn't please you.”
“I don't paint what doesn't please me.”
“Is this... supposed to be a person?”
“and impressionistic. Readers won't like it.”
“What kind of paintings does he even paint?”