变脸比翻书还快
“In just less than a day, you've changed your mind.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
还不到一天时间
“In just less than a day, you've changed your mind.”
变脸比翻书还快
“In just less than a day, you've changed your mind.”
现在已经不单单是版权的问题了
“Now it's not just about copyright anymore.”
“They are completely untrustworthy; their attitude flipped the moment they smelled an advantage.”
Changing attitude abruptly without shame is seen in Chinese professional culture as bad faith and a breach of relational trust (Xin), often met with this vivid idiom.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
suddenly change one's countenance or attitude
Originally from Sichuan opera, this is widely used colloquially to criticize someone whose attitude shifts abruptly and unpredictably.
faster than turning the page of a book
A vivid idiomatic simile used almost exclusively with '变脸' to emphasize lightning-fast fickleness.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You changed your tune so fast.”
“but then they suddenly turned against you,”
“You're way better than me at switching moods.”
“How can you deal with them when they turn hostile”