所以我们必须要给自己 留一条退路
“So we must keep an escape route open.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那可真是万劫不复
“One misstep could ruin us completely.”
所以我们 必须要给 自己 留一条退路
“So we must keep an escape route open.”
“Please try to understand. I don't understand.”
“We refuse to bet everything on your promises; we have to protect our own interests.”
Traditional Chinese philosophy values flexibility and pragmatic contingency planning over reckless heroics, viewing an exit plan as essential wisdom.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to leave a way out; to keep an escape route open
Standard idiomatic phrase for risk management and contingency planning.
doomed beyond redemption; irreparable ruin
A strong idiom describing a catastrophic outcome with zero chance of recovery.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If you're smart, you'd leave yourself an escape route now.”
“She had to leave herself a way out.”
“left himself a way out long ago.”
“I really need a backup plan.”