凡人要是想修炼成神
“Mortals must endure great trials and tribulations”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你就这么想
“Think of it this way.”
凡人 要是想 修炼 成神
“Mortals must endure great trials and tribulations”
也得遭大劫小难
“if they want to become gods.”
“Stop beating yourself up; big accomplishments always demand suffering and trials.”
In Chinese folklore and modern Xianxia culture, becoming an immortal or achieving supreme mastery requires surviving karmic tribulations (劫难), a concept commonly used in daily life as a metaphor for overcoming inevitable adversity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
if (one) wants to
A natural, colloquial alternative to 如果想, highly common in everyday conversational Chinese to set up a conditional goal.
to cultivate and attain (a certain state)
Derived from Daoist spiritual cultivation and fantasy literature, often used metaphorically for arduous self-improvement.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Don't they say when mortals seek to ascend to godhood,”
“will become a divinity.”
“You will never become a divinity.”
“you will definitely ascend to godhood in the future.”
“that you can't ascend to godhood?”
“To get rid of the divine punishment and reincarnate as a human,”