宋时俊对他倒是寄予厚望
“for her son Song Yuzhi,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
她儿子宋郁之
“Song Shijun had high hopes”
宋 时 俊对他 倒是 寄予厚望
“for her son Song Yuzhi,”
“yet I defeated him.”
“His family expected greatness from him, which makes his defeat by my hands even more pathetic.”
Carrying heavy expectations from elders is a major burden in traditional Chinese society; failing after receiving high hopes leads to a profound loss of face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to place high hopes on someone
A formal and widely used collocation expressing strong expectations placed upon a subordinate, child, or successor.
actually; indeed; unexpectedly
Used as an adverb to concede a point or highlight a contrast with the forthcoming outcome.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Song Shijun silenced them all,”
“Song Shijun isn't dead yet.”
“Song Shijun may become a living corpse.”
“Song Shijun has lost his mind.”
“Song Shijun even hurt”
“so Song Shijun tried to silence him.”