如果现在还能考大学的话 我肯定能考上
“If university intakes are still based on academic merit, I'd have secured a place.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
如果 现在还能考大学 的话 我 肯定能考上
“If university intakes are still based on academic merit, I'd have secured a place.”
“Unlike now, where I have to resort to tricks.”
“I'm smart enough for a better life, but fate denied me the chance.”
In modern Chinese history, the suspension and resumption of the Gaokao fundamentally altered generational destinies, making it a common source of lifelong pride or regret.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to take the national college entrance examination
A highly culturally resonant phrase referring to competing for university admission via the Gaokao.
to pass an entrance exam / get admitted
A resultative complement structure indicating success in an examination.
Functions as a conditional marker equivalent to 'if', softening the hypothetical scenario.
