也算小有所成 应该能糊弄过去
“I've been training hard and improved a lot. I'm qualified to work there.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“The Zhechong Prefecture wants men good at archery and horsemanship. I've been training hard and improved a lot.”
也算 小有所成 应该能 糊弄过去
“I've been training hard and improved a lot. I'm qualified to work there.”
谋个差事可以
“I can help you find a job,”
“I worked hard enough to pass the test, even if I won't look like a master.”
Chinese speakers often downplay hard-earned achievements as merely 'getting by' or 'muddling through' to conform to the virtue of modesty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
having achieved modest success or basic proficiency
A humble idiom used to acknowledge progress without sounding boastful.
muddle through; fake it through; get by
A colloquial phrase indicating passing a test or scrutiny with barely enough acceptable effort.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“-Okay! -You've made progress, kid.”
“asking why a minor achievement was worth celebrating.”
“Who knew it would all blow up? Of course it fell through.”
“Can this stubby little thing work?”
“- Is it successful? - Yes. Is it eye-catching? Yes.”
“I'll make it happen. How does that sound?”