不能让他的心血白费
“We can't let his efforts go in vain.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
张海侠为了这条线索付出了很多
“Zhang Haixia has done a lot for this clue.”
不能 让他的 心血白费
“We can't let his efforts go in vain.”
“With Shrimpie's current situation, how can we let him act alone?”
“We owe it to him to see this through, no matter how tough it gets.”
In Chinese collective dynamics, an individual's deep emotional and physical investment ('xinxue') creates a shared obligation among teammates to ensure that sacrifice achieves results.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cannot allow / must not let
A strong modal construction used to express an imperative against permitting a negative outcome.
painstaking efforts go down the drain
A common idiomatic combination used when hard-earned dedication is at risk of being wasted.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We must live up to his efforts.”
“We can't let her efforts go to waste.”
“Your painstaking planning wasn't in vain.”
“we won't let Mr. Shen's efforts be in vain.”