就差这一步啊
“We were just one step away!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I've spent years carefully working toward this!”
就差这一步啊
“We were just one step away!”
只要把祯娘娶回家
“Once Zhen married into our family”
“I'm not stopping now when total victory is right within my grasp!”
Chinese culture places emotional emphasis on the tragedy of ruining an entire effort at the final step, creating extreme psychological resistance to letting an endeavor fail right before the finish line.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
only lacking / fall short by just
Colloquial chunk used to express that an objective is almost achieved except for one minor factor.
just one step away
Commonly used to describe being tantalizingly close to success.
Intensifies the feeling of lamentation, indignation, and regret at the end of an exclamatory statement.
