才五回呀 那五百回 我也不带放弃的呀
“Only five? Even it's five hundred, I'd never give up.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
五回
“Five.”
才五回呀 那五百回 我 也不 带 放弃 的呀
“Only five? Even it's five hundred, I'd never give up.”
林镇长
“Mr. Lin.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Showing grit and repeated efforts to solve grassroots community problems is a prized moral and professional virtue in Chinese society.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not going to; no way that one would
A northern Chinese colloquial construction indicating strong reluctance or an assertion of will.
only five times
Uses '才' to minimize the quantity or number of attempts so far.
Lends an emphatic, spirited conversational cadence to the assertion.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But this time, I was the leading role.”
“We'll talk about this later.”
“Go b-back.”
“Third time? It's been at least 5 times! I'm keeping count!”
“It's like this every time— handing over people but not the pelts. But don't they always”
“That reckless stunt by Nie Fengming completely derailed”