所谓一次不诚 百次不信
“Once a fraud, always a fraud.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“One who possesses such scheming is no ordinary person.”
所谓 一次不诚 百次不信
“Once a fraud, always a fraud.”
“Yet you, for such a deceitful man,”
“He proved he cannot be trusted, so you are fools to rely on him now.”
In Confucian ethics, personal credibility is foundational; losing it once disqualifies a person from moral respect.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
so-called / as the saying goes
Used before introducing an established idiom, common belief, or proverb.
dishonest once, distrusted a hundred times
A proverbial phrasing warning that a single act of deceit permanently damages one's reputation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It makes you look insincere. Don't do that. But you shouldn't drink like that. It's bad for your health.”
“I won't believe a single word you say.”
“you don't even trust me now?”
“indecent, and unreliable.”
“Yet you never once doubted Prince of Xin's lies.”
“Without hard evidence, His Majesty won't believe it.”