剩下的不过是走个形式
“The rest is just formality.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
心里有就行了
“They are always in my heart.”
剩下的 不过是 走个形式
“The rest is just formality.”
做给活人看的
“It's for the living to see.”
“Don't stress over complex traditions; it's all just performative anyway.”
Chinese mourning and traditional rituals involve elaborate external customs often aimed at public reputation ('做给活人看的'), prompting modern pragmatic debates over ritual minimalism versus filial duty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
go through the motions; merely a formality
Widely used in both workplace and domestic life to indicate an action lacks practical significance and is done only for appearances.
merely; nothing more than
Used to minimize or downplay the importance or scale of something.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“if you don't finish the road,”
“"If you don't finish the path you must walk,”
“the last bit of dignity for each other.”
“I just assume there's still a long, long way to go.”
“Nothing more.”
“If we don't leave now, we're done for!”