成事不足 败事有余 真是的
“He spoiled the whole plan. Exactly.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I told him to wait for news. He's so impulsive.”
成事 不足 败事有余 真是的
“He spoiled the whole plan. Exactly.”
你得沉住气啊
“Keep your cool.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Even in casual and angry spoken Chinese, set idiomatic structures like '成事不足，败事有余' are frequently invoked to deliver a sharp, rhetorically powerful reprimand.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
more of a hindrance than a help; incapable of achieving anything but skilled at ruining everything
A classic eight-character set phrase used to harshly criticize someone's blundering and counterproductive behavior.
honestly; seriously; what a nuisance
A very common spoken phrase used at the end of a sentence to vent annoyance or exasperation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“...are more trouble than they're worth.”
“He can only mess things up.”
“- Is it successful? - Yes. Is it eye-catching? Yes.”
“No matter the cost, success is the only option.”
“must succeed, failure is not an option.”