不至于因为没有燃油 变成一堆破铜烂铁
“wouldn't turn into a pile of scrap metal just because there is no fuel.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
而是为了摆脱国际石油商的垄断 使我们中国的汽车
“but to break free from the monopoly of international oil merchants, so that our cars in China”
不至于 因为 没有 燃油 变成 一堆 破铜烂铁
“wouldn't turn into a pile of scrap metal just because there is no fuel.”
所以刚到这儿的时候
“So when I first got here.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Reflects the common historical and modern Chinese narrative of striving for self-reliance in vital resources to avoid foreign strangleholds.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
won't go as far as; not to the extent of
Used to reassure or state that an undesirable extreme outcome will be prevented.
scrap metal; junk
A vivid idiom used dismissively to describe machinery, vehicles, or items that have become useless.
