我从来都没有想过 你是不敢想
“I've never thought that way. You didn't dare to.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
永居高位
“stay in control?”
我 从来都没有想过 你是 不敢想
“I've never thought that way. You didn't dare to.”
“But I'll show you that you can.”
“Don't pretend you are above ambition; you're just too cowardly to reach for it.”
In Chinese social and political dynamics, disavowing ambition is often a defense mechanism to stay safe; directly unmasking this exposes vulnerability.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
never once / never at all
An emphatic negative pattern used to strongly deny any past instance of a thought or action.
dare not imagine / not dare to think
Used colloquially to indicate that an idea is too ambitious, unthinkable, or intimidating to consider.