我可能就是 没有那个命吧
“It was probably my fate.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我都不知道 这电视剧拍了 还有可能不播啊
“I didn't know it's possible that a TV series never get aired after it's been produced.”
我可能 就是 没有那个命 吧
“It was probably my fate.”
无所谓了 我现在在博物馆上班 也挺好的
“It doesn't matter. I feel quite happy working in the museum now.”
“I'm heartbroken that it never aired, but I have to accept I won't be famous.”
Attributing career setbacks or bad luck to destiny (命) is a widespread Chinese psychological strategy to soften personal failure and achieve emotional closure.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not destined for that / not in one's luck
A colloquial fatalistic idiom used when conceding that great success or wealth was not meant to be.
Softens the assertion and expresses helpless conjecture and reluctant acceptance.