勉勉强强撑到我毕业了 总算能工作了
“They barely managed to keep me afloat until graduation. Finally, I could start working.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
家里鸡飞狗跳的
“Their home was a constant battlefield.”
勉勉强强 撑到 我 毕业了 总算 能 工作 了
“They barely managed to keep me afloat until graduation. Finally, I could start working.”
我工作找得还不错
“I actually landed a pretty good job.”
“It was a nightmare at home, but I somehow endured it until I could support myself.”
In Chinese culture, graduating college and entering the workforce is often seen as the pivotal turning point where an individual stops draining family resources and starts contributing or becoming independent.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
barely; just manage to scrape by
A reduplicated adverbial phrase indicating doing something with great difficulty or minimal margin.
finally; at long last
Used to express deep relief that an anticipated outcome has finally occurred after long hardship.
Marks a change of state and signals an arrival at a long-awaited milestone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“They barely managed to keep me afloat until graduation.”
“so they can barely make ends meet.”
“he can barely scrape by.”