就一门心思想当编剧
“I was totally focused on becoming a screenwriter.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
其实我刚来北京那会儿
“In fact, when I first came to Beijing,”
就 一门心思 想当编剧
“I was totally focused on becoming a screenwriter.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Young people flocking to Beijing often endure hardships while pursuing big dreams in the cultural and entertainment industries, a collective cultural narrative known as 'Beijing Drifting'.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
single-mindedly; wholly focused on one thing
Use this four-character colloquial idiom to describe total devotion or obsessive focus toward a single pursuit or goal.
to become a screenwriter
A common professional collocation combining the verb 'to act as/work as' with screenwriter.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I want to be an actress and act in films and dramas.”
“I thought I held the script,”
“We have a great screenwriter in the family.”
“isn't like being a big screenwriter.”
“the most handsome one was me, the screenwriter.”
“I think it's similar to writing a script.”