已经指望不上了 他已经不是
“is no help anymore. He's not”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我跟你们说啊 李亦非
“I'm telling you, Li Yifei”
已经 指望不上 了 他已经 不是
“is no help anymore. He's not”
你们认识那个李亦非了
“the Li Yifei you all knew.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In social and professional networks, an individual's worth is often weighed by their ability to provide resources or assistance ('zhiwang'); once that power fades, their social utility diminishes rapidly.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cannot be counted on / unreliable
A very common spoken idiom expressing that someone cannot deliver help, support, or expected outcomes.
already
Used before verbs to indicate that a state or condition has already shifted.
Marks a change of state, stressing that relying on him is no longer viable.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and now he feels like there's no hope for the future.”
“a long time ago.”
“She's really impossible to count on.”
“We can't count anything on her.”
“I knew I couldn't count on her.”
“I can't count on him now.”
“(I never expected much from him anyway.)”
“don't expect any.”