有些事 不是我们能控制的
“Some things are just out of our control.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
才知道后悔
“will they regret what they've done.”
有些事 不是我们能控制的
“Some things are just out of our control.”
你来了
“You're here.”
“Stop beating yourself up; there was nothing we could have done.”
Appealing to the inevitability of external factors is a standard Chinese pragmatic strategy to console someone facing unavoidable misfortune.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
some things / certain matters
A useful hedge to introduce topics that involve destiny, complications, or taboo regrets.
not something we can control
Standard phrase to express powerlessness or resignation regarding a bad situation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Some things just can't be controlled, no matter how hard you try.”
“Can we do it?”
“Well, this isn't something you can change just by holding your ground.”
“things would be beyond our control.”