把这个事情做绝了 我完全可以把它烧了
“If I really wanted to destroy it, to take this to the extreme, I could have just burned it, but I didn't.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
如果我真的要把它毁掉
“If I really wanted to destroy it, to take this to the extreme,”
把这个 事情 做绝了 我 完全可以 把它 烧了
“If I really wanted to destroy it, to take this to the extreme, I could have just burned it, but I didn't.”
但是我没有
“I could have just burned it, but I didn't.”
“You think I am being cruel, but I deliberately spared you when I could have destroyed you completely.”
Traditional Chinese conflict resolution emphasizes never doing things to absolute extremes (不把事情做绝) to leave a way out for both parties.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
push things to the absolute limit / burn one's bridges completely
Used to describe acting without leaving any leeway, mercy, or room for retreat in a conflict.
be entirely capable of / could totally
Emphasizes the full capability or justification to carry out a particular counteraction.
Marks the completion or realization of an extreme state in hypothetical terms.
