但根本劝不住 当然劝不动
“but it did not work. Of course, it did not work.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“The caregiver tried to get him to quit smoking and drinking,”
但 根本 劝不住 当然 劝不动
“but it did not work. Of course, it did not work.”
谁劝都没用
“No one can persuade him.”
“He is utterly hopeless and stubborn, so trying to advise him is a total waste of time.”
In Chinese culture, friends, family, and caregivers feel a moral obligation to repeatedly 'persuade' (劝) loved ones out of bad health habits, though stubbornness often leads to resignation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
simply / at all / fundamentally
Used with negative structures to strongly emphasize that an action is completely impossible.
unable to persuade someone to stop
A potential complement structure specifically indicating failure to stop someone from doing something.
unable to convince / cannot sway someone
A potential complement expressing that someone is too stubborn to change their mind.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“She won't listen to us.”
“She can't be persuaded at all. Besides,”
“Anyway, I couldn't talk any sense into her.”
“No matter how I tried to persuade him, he wouldn't listen.”