你还要浪费时间在互相责怪上吗？
“Do you really want to waste these final moments placing blame?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
将军已经没有时间了
“The General is fading away.”
你 还要 浪费时间 在互相责怪上吗？
“Do you really want to waste these final moments placing blame?”
“- But-- - There are no buts. You've missed 19 years.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese problem-solving discourse, wasting time on personal resentment during a crisis is considered immature; leaders urge mutual focus on the macro-level mission.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
waste time
A frequent everyday collocation used to criticize inefficiency or procrastination.
blame one another / mutual recrimination
Used to describe parties pointing fingers at each other rather than solving problems.
Converts the statement into an urgent rhetorical reproach.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“blame you?”
“How is it wasting time?”
“Then blame yourself”
“why waste time here with me?”
“you owe yourself an apology, too?”
“I'm not worth your time.”