也算是物尽其用
“at least that way you'll be of some use.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
进行炼化
“and refine you—”
也算是 物尽其用
“at least that way you'll be of some use.”
天真
“How naive.”
“Whatever happens, at least this won't go to waste.”
While 'making full use of resources' is a classic virtue of thrift in Chinese culture, in conflict contexts it can be subverted into chilling ruthlessness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to make the best use of everything; fully utilize resources
A standard four-character idiom (chengyu) used when avoiding waste, here used cynically regarding a consumed resource.
can be considered as; can at least count as
Used to hedge an assessment or offer a concession that something barely qualifies as a certain outcome.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“That's putting things to their best use.”
“Put it to good use.”
“Giving it to you won't be a waste.”
“Better to use it than waste it.”