陈卫东 我们都没想着赢 你那么认真干嘛
“Chen Weidong, we never thought about winning. Why are you taking it so seriously?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Ms. Lin, can I really do it?”
陈卫东 我们都 没想着赢 你那么认真 干嘛
“Chen Weidong, we never thought about winning. Why are you taking it so seriously?”
兄弟那个姓文的不来 你能来 敬你三分
“Bro, Wen Chengye didn't come, but you did. You have my respect.”
“Relax, we're definitely going to lose anyway, so don't embarrass yourself by trying too hard.”
When an outcome seems predetermined, over-trying is sometimes viewed by peers as pointless or embarrassing, leading them to urge collective relaxation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
none of us even planned on / didn't expect to
Used to convey an absence of expectation or ambition regarding an outcome.
why / what for
A blunt, casual question inquiring about the motive behind an action, frequently conveying mild exasperation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“like a holy figure of legend. By the way,”
“Didn't Wang Shengdong always want to embarrass our China division?”
“to get Wang Shengdong to personally call Barry.”
“why are you trying so hard to flatter that Chen Donghua?”
“Even if he knows Wang Shengdong is trying to annoy him,”
“Cheng Xiaodong is hopeless now. What happened? He's obsessed with fishing.”