最后其实连公交车都赶不上
“even miss the bus in the end.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
还有的人呢
“while some people”
最后 其实 连 公交车 都 赶不上
“even miss the bus in the end.”
那会儿其实我听了就过了
“I just listened and let it pass back then.”
“No matter how hard some people rush, they still end up left behind by society.”
Urban Chinese discourse often uses transit metaphors like catching trains or buses to symbolize keeping up with rapid socioeconomic development and personal milestones.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
even... cannot...
An emphatic grammatical structure used to highlight an extreme or minimal case.
cannot catch up with / miss (a transport or opportunity)
Commonly used both literally for transit and metaphorically for trends or milestones.