我觉得那时候我肯定挺忙的吧
“I think I'll be pretty busy by then.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
十年以后
“Ten years from now?”
我觉得 那时候我 肯定 挺忙 的吧
“I think I'll be pretty busy by then.”
不过你放心
“But don't worry,”
“I hope to be successful and occupied, but do not think I will forget you.”
In modern Chinese romantic discourse, expressing that one will be 'busy' signals career ambition, which is immediately balanced by reassuring the partner of emotional loyalty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
ten years later / in ten years
A standard temporal phrase used when framing future scenarios or long-term dreams.
at that time / back then
Refers back to a specific hypothetical or previously established point in time.
Softens the speculative statement into a gentle assumption or invites tacit agreement.