这些日子我都睡不好觉
“I haven't been sleeping well these days,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
没想到反而青云直上 春风得意马蹄疾了
“But unexpectedly, we've risen to prominence. Now we're riding high on success.”
这些日子我都 睡不好觉
“I haven't been sleeping well these days,”
“afraid it's all just a fleeting dream.”
“I am terrified that this sudden good luck will vanish into thin air any second.”
In traditional Chinese philosophy, rapid unearned or overwhelming success often triggers deep anxiety that misfortune will soon follow.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unable to sleep well / suffering from poor sleep
A very common spoken idiom to express being kept awake by stress, worry, or excitement.
these past few days / lately
Used in spoken Mandarin to refer to an ongoing period in the recent past up to the present.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Nothing. I just haven't been sleeping well these past few days.”
“I haven't slept for days.”
“all these years, I haven't had a single good night's sleep.”