那不成画饼了吗到最后
“Wouldn't that be just making empty promises?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
没什么好聊的
“There's nothing to talk about.”
那不成 画饼 了 吗 到最后
“Wouldn't that be just making empty promises?”
咱不能干那事
“I can't do that.”
“If we keep going like this, we are just selling false hope, which will ruin our credibility.”
Derived from the ancient idiom 'drawing a cake to satisfy hunger,' this phrase is ubiquitous in Chinese work culture to describe employers offering grand visions without real compensation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
making empty promises or painting unrealistic rosy pictures
A very popular modern colloquial idiom often used in workplace contexts when management makes unfulfillable commitments.
in the end; eventually
Placed either at the beginning or tacked onto the end of a clause to emphasize the ultimate negative outcome.
Indicates an imminent or realized change of state into a negative outcome.
Forms a rhetorical question that reinforces the speaker's skepticism.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Trying to sell me dreams again?”
“And stop making empty promises.”
“has come to a perfect and fulfilling close.”
“Otherwise, we won't give you any bread. Sure.”
“Stop making empty promises”
“between Mr. Qi and me.”