你们只看眼前得失
“You only look at immediate gains and losses.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
一个月扣掉工本费我就亏了
“One month minus the cost, and I'd be losing money.”
你们 只看眼前得失
“You only look at immediate gains and losses.”
生意才做不大
“That's why your business won't grow.”
“You're too short-sighted and penny-wise; that narrow mindset is exactly why your business never grows.”
Chinese business culture emphasizes 'geju' (broad vision and big-picture mindset) and long-term strategy, believing that petty haggling and short-sighted pursuit of immediate profits prevent an enterprise from achieving true scale and greatness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
immediate gains and losses; short-term profits and losses
Frequently used in business or workplace decision-making contexts to criticize short-sightedness and an opportunistic mindset that lacks long-term vision.
precisely because [one] only focuses on ..., [a negative outcome occurs]
An emphatic cause-and-effect construction carrying a strong tone of criticism or lecturing, highlighting how narrow focus leads to failure.
