可不就是白折腾吗
“It was absolutely for nothing.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
是吧
“Right?”
可不就是 白折腾 吗
“It was absolutely for nothing.”
招飞这事
“Pilot recruitment”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
The term 'zheteng' encapsulates the exhausting feeling of going through repetitive or bureaucratic efforts that ultimately produce no meaningful outcome.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
exactly; that is precisely the case
Use this colloquial marker to show immediate, total agreement with someone's observation.
wasting effort for nothing; futile fuss
Use to describe exerting lots of physical or mental energy without getting any practical result.
Forms a rhetorical question that reinforces absolute agreement.