他非要跟你报一个学校
“Yet he chose your school instead.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“he could've gone to any school in Beijing.”
他 非要 跟你报一个学校
“Yet he chose your school instead.”
“Don't pretend you don't know why he sacrificed better schools—he did it entirely because he loves you.”
In Chinese youth culture, forsaking top-tier Beijing universities to follow a romantic crush to another school is considered the ultimate romantic—and risky—gesture.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
insist stubbornly on doing something
Use this structure to emphasize someone's irrational or stubborn determination to pursue a specific course of action.
apply to the same school
Colloquial abbreviation for '填报同一个志愿/学校' during the Chinese college entrance exam process.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Haven't you always wanted to go to that college?”
“Don't you always want to apply for that university?”
“But how can you deny him his schooling over this?”
“Why would she need to go to college if she could have all this? She wouldn't even attend it. Am I right, Fei Ni?”
“You have school and a girlfriend to deal with”
“But you must trust the school. We'll handle this properly.”