高启强不是省油的灯啊
“Gao Qiqiang is not a saint.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“the compensation for the people of Qinghua District would be taken away.”
高启强 不是省油的灯 啊
“Gao Qiqiang is not a saint.”
你看这才几天哪 把京海市 闹得是鸡犬不宁啊
“It's only been a few days. He had already put Jinghai in turmoil.”
“Don't underestimate Gao Qiqiang—he is crafty, dangerous, and hard to deal with.”
The idiom 'not an oil-saving lamp' originates from frugal oil lamps that burn through resources quickly, metaphorically describing high-maintenance, troublesome, or calculating individuals.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not an easy person to deal with / no pushover / a troublemaker
A very popular colloquial idiom used to describe crafty, demanding, or formidable individuals.
Adds emotional emphasis to the cautionary evaluation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Gao Qiqiang is sophisticated. Things are complicated.”
“Gao Qiqiang pushed me too hard.”
“Gao Qiqiang made his first bucket of money here.”
“If I am not good enough, I wouldn't have”
“Gao Qiqiang, what are you talking about? I said,”
“We made a mistake. It's not Gao Qiqiang.”