难免会在她身上吃亏
“you'll only play right into her hands.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你这样贸然行事
“If you act rashly,”
难免会 在 她身 上 吃亏
“you'll only play right into her hands.”
你知不知道
“Don't you know that?”
“You are underestimating her; she will crush you if you keep acting recklessly.”
Chinese interpersonal strategy strongly discourages impulsive confrontations, prioritizing circumspection and careful assessment before engaging an adversary.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
hard to avoid; inevitably
Use before an adverse or undesirable result to indicate it is practically unavoidable.
to suffer losses; to get the short end of the stick
A highly frequent idiom used when someone is taken advantage of, defeated, or harmed.
at her hands; regarding her
Often combined with verbs of consequence to mean experiencing something caused by a specific person.
