跟贝律师比 九牛一毛
“But compared to Lawyer Bei, I'm nothing.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I'm in construction. You could say I'm a careful man.”
跟贝律师比 九牛一毛
“But compared to Lawyer Bei, I'm nothing.”
人的心思缜密到万无一失 你想到的 想不到的
“His mind is so meticulous that nothing slips through. What you think of and what you don't,”
“Whatever care I take pales in comparison to how thorough Lawyer Bei is.”
Chinese speakers often downplay their own competence or effort when contrasted with respected experts to exhibit humility and respect.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a drop in the ocean / insignificant fraction
A classical four-character idiom (chengyu) used to describe something trivial or tiny compared to a vast total.
compared with...
A frequent conversational construction used to set up a comparison between two people, objects, or traits.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“he will remain under Lawyer Bei for years.”
“You even brought Lawyer Bei.”
“You still have the nerve to bring him up?”
“Hello, Lawyer Zhang, could you please help me contact Lawyer Bei?”
“No matter what my relationship is with him, I don't want anything to do with you.”
“I want to say a few words to Lawyer Bei. I'll come later. You go ahead.”