我认为这都是无用功
“I think it would be a waste of time.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但是按照经验
“But based on experience,”
我认为 这 都 是 无用功
“I think it would be a waste of time.”
这事
“This case”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese professional culture often values concrete outcomes (结果导向); warning against 'doing useless work' (做无用功) is common when efficiency is jeopardized.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
wasted effort; futile work
A physics metaphor adopted into daily and workplace speech to describe completely fruitless endeavors.
in my opinion; I believe
A common professional framing device to state a personal assessment or judgment directly.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“is utterly meaningless.”
“Let's not talk about useless things now.”
“We wouldn't be able to make use of it anyway.”
“I don't think this man is of any use anymore.”
“No, these are all moments of glory. How can they be ineffective?”
“Stop talking nonsense.”
“these are less useful”
“...to do these meaningless tasks.”
“These are all useless things.”