彻底地撕破脸皮才好
“completely turn on each other!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
都得让这甥舅两人
“I must make this uncle and nephew”
彻底地 撕破脸皮 才好
“completely turn on each other!”
你即刻派人
“Send someone immediately”
“I want them at each other's throats so badly that they ruin each other completely.”
Chinese interpersonal relations heavily value surface harmony (heqi). 'Tearing face' represents the irreversible destruction of social decorum, leaving mutual hostility entirely out in the open.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to cast aside all pretense; to break off friendly relations openly
A very common colloquial idiom used when parties stop being polite and erupt into an open feud.
only then would it be best
Placed at the end of a clause to stress the ideal or intended outcome from the speaker's viewpoint.