我当时不是正好在干那个营生吗
“Since I was doing the cross-border service,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
千万不能像他以前老婆那样的
“nothing like his former wife.”
我当时 不是 正好 在干 那个 营生 吗
“Since I was doing the cross-border service,”
所以就从外面帮他找了一个
“I found someone for him from abroad.”
“It was just business for me at the time, nothing malicious or unusual.”
The term '营生' (yíngsheng) often carries connotations of traditional, informal, or gray-market livelihoods pursued solely for basic survival.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
doing that line of work / engaged in that trade
A colloquial northern term often used euphemistically or casually to refer to an occupation, sometimes informal or illicit.
happened to be in the middle of
Used to describe coincidences or opportune timing.
Forms a rhetorical question seeking agreement and framing the situation as common knowledge.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What do you do for a living?”
“there's no job that isn't tiring.”
“And I asked what you were doing.”
“I'm just doing odd jobs now anyway.”
“No. I found a part-time job”
“You're neglecting your duty. Instead of staying at your post”