岱州离海 更是有十万八千里远
“Daizhou is even farther from the sea.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
南都没有海
“There's no sea in Nandu.”
岱州离海 更是有 十万八千里 远
“Daizhou is even farther from the sea.”
他是在哪儿看见的海
“So, where did he see the sea?”
“There is no way he saw the sea there; his story makes zero sense.”
The idiom refers to the distance Sun Wukong covers in a single somersault, commonly used in everyday speech to vividly express vast spatial or conceptual disparity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
an immense distance; worlds apart
A classic hyperbole drawn from Journey to the West used to stress that two places or ideas are extremely far apart.
even more so; all the more
Used to introduce an even stronger supporting fact in an argument or deduction.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Which of our men is closest to Sanzao Island?”
“on the shore east of Tanjia Bay?”
“They're only separated from Sanzao Island by a narrow sea channel.”
“Over seven years in Daizhou, all who knew you are now dead and dead men tell no tales.”
“Six hundred nautical miles from the homeland,”
“Arriving at Sanzao Island tomorrow.”