大不了咱们再来一次
“At worst, we'll just do it again.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Even Liu Bei had to knock more than once, right?”
大不了 咱们 再来一次
“At worst, we'll just do it again.”
我觉得这次应该能行
“I think it should work this time.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Invoking the historical anecdote of Liu Bei visiting Zhuge Liang's cottage three times highlights that persistence in the face of initial failure is virtuous.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
at the worst; at most
A colloquial adverb used to brush off anxiety by framing the worst-case consequence as acceptable.
try again one more time
A standard spoken phrase for repeating an action or giving something another shot.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Worst case, we start over as Beijing drifters again.”
“We just need to improve. Don't be too sad.”
“I was careless. Again.”
“It's okay. We can start over.”