什么叫做“命比纸薄”？
“They say, "Life is as fragile as paper."”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
钱呢 有时候就是纸
“and money sometimes is just paper.”
什么叫 做“ 命比纸薄 ”？
“They say, "Life is as fragile as paper."”
像我们这种人
“People like us”
“Why should people like us accept that our destinies are inherently fragile and doomed?”
Derived from the classic novel Dream of the Red Chamber, this idiom captures the tragic contrast between great inner ambition and the harsh, fragile reality of low social birth.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what is meant by / what does it mean to
Commonly used to demand clarification, challenge an assertion, or introduce a philosophical question.
a life as fragile as paper / ill-fated
A literary idiom often paired with having high ambitions but tragic fortune, describing a hard and vulnerable life.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What could be more important than life?”
“What's more important than your life?”
“They are more important than my life.”
“She's even more important than my life.”
“A good person shouldn't live short.”
“A dog's life can't be more precious than my son's, can it?”