给自己按了一个暂停键
“to hit the pause button for myself.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那我就借这个机会
“so I just took this chance”
给自己 按了一个暂停键
“to hit the pause button for myself.”
我给我爸我妈汇了钱
“I sent some money to my parents.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Reflects modern Chinese urbanites' conscious desire to step off the fast-paced, high-pressure career treadmill to reflect and care for family.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
hit the pause button
A popular modern metaphor used to indicate taking a deliberate break or step back from one's busy life.
take this opportunity to
Frequently used to introduce an action that one takes advantage of a specific situation to accomplish.
Marks the completion of the action of pressing the pause button.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“suddenly suspends its investment in you,”
“Shall we pause or proceed? I'll support whichever decision is made.”
“- Wait a minute. Stop there. - Here you go.”
“So they had to pause it for now.”
“I said, withdraw.”
“It's time to hit pause for a while.”