早赌晚赌都得赌
“Gamble early or late, you'll still have to gamble.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
别磨磨蹭蹭的
“Don't dilly-dally.”
早赌晚赌都得赌
“Gamble early or late, you'll still have to gamble.”
“Quit wasting time; you cannot escape this gamble.”
Chinese speakers often invoke symmetrical parallelisms like 'sooner or later you must do it' to rationalize confronting an unavoidable hardship or confrontation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
sooner or later, one must...
A classic colloquial pattern used to emphasize that an outcome or duty is entirely unavoidable.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“That was one expensive bet you made.”
“What a mad gambler.”
“Your luck's been bad lately. Don't go gambling.”
“Gu Qi owes me a huge gambling debt.”
“I can accept the consequences.”
“Wanna make a bet?”