与其闲置 不如物尽其用
“Better to use it than waste it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
据为己有 世子府形胜之地 四通八达
“on Xiao Xun's residence. It is a place of great vantage.”
与其 闲置 不如 物尽其用
“Better to use it than waste it.”
陛下体恤 赐予了臣 怎么？
“His Majesty, in his infinite mercy, bestowed it upon me. What?”
“You were wasting it anyway, so don't complain that I took it over.”
In political disputes, cloaking self-interest under high-minded aphorisms like 'maximizing utility' is a common rhetorical strategy to deflect accusations of greed.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
rather than... it is better to...
A standard comparative pattern used to present the second option as clearly superior and logical.
make the best use of everything; put things to full utility
A common idiomatic phrase often cited to justify repurposing or occupying resources efficiently.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Put it to good use.”
“That's putting things to their best use.”
“at least that way you'll be of some use.”
“So I figured they should be put to good use.”