多亏当年遇到晓兰了
“It's thanks to meeting Xiaolan back then.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“you have a stall in Shengcheng and that your business is great.”
多亏 当年遇到晓兰了
“It's thanks to meeting Xiaolan back then.”
她让我把隆城的 便宜西裤 倒到盛城工地上卖
“She told me to take Longcheng's cheap trousers to resell them at Shengcheng construction sites.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese cultural values place immense importance on remembering and crediting a '贵人' (noble helper or mentor) whose timely advice changed one's economic destiny.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
thanks to / luckily
A common spoken word used to express relief or gratitude towards a fortunate turn of events or person's help.
back in those days / in those years
Common temporal noun used when reminiscing about past turning points or youth.
Marks the completed historical event of meeting Xiaolan that brought about the beneficial result.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“stop you from working for Xiaolan. It's such a good opportunity.”
“It's because I'm naive that I almost hurt Xiaolan.”
“Xiaolan deserves most of the credit. The credit is mainly yours.”
“Xiaolan has always been a busy person with a short memory.”
“if it had been Xiaolan who got beaten up today,”
“Xiaolan and I hit it off when we first met.”