我以为我终于熬出头了
“I thought I had finally broken free.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
巴媂亚被扫黄
“there was a crackdown on prostitution at Pattia.”
我以为 我 终于 熬出头了
“I thought I had finally broken free.”
“But instead, she came even more often,”
“I foolishly believed my nightmare was finally over, but it was just wishful thinking.”
The verb 'ao' represents enduring long, slow, grinding suffering with patience, a key cultural notion of survival through adversity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to finally see the end of a long period of suffering; to endure through to success
A highly idiomatic phrase used when enduring hardship finally pays off.
I thought (mistakenly)
Almost universally implies that the speaker's prior assumption turned out to be false.
Indicates a perceived change of state or completion of the prolonged suffering.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'm seeing the silver lining now.”
“You've made a life for yourself now. You can go to Beijing as you want.”
“I used to think if I became successful,”
“After all these years, you've finally made it.”
“I didn't think I'd actually succeed.”