你们都只是 《东风夜放花千树》里的 纸片人而已
“You're all just 2D characters in the novel "A thousand trees blossoms at night in the East."”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你说的那位谢永儿已经死了
“the Xie Yong'er you speak of is already dead.”
你们都只是 《 东风 夜放花千树》里的 纸片人 而已
“You're all just 2D characters in the novel "A thousand trees blossoms at night in the East."”
“The story has only just begun, but I've already finished the whole book.”
“Your struggles and feelings do not matter to me because you are not even real people.”
In modern Chinese web fiction, transmigrators who know the plot often adopt a detached, god-like stance toward the 'paper characters' they encounter.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
2D character / fictional character
Originating in ACG subcultures, this term refers to fictional characters in books, comics, or games as opposed to real humans.
merely... / nothing more than...
A common construction used to downplay, minimize, or dismiss the significance of something or someone.
Placed at the end of the sentence to strictly delimit and belittle the status of the subjects.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“A 2D character couldn't possibly be this magnanimous.”
“being just a simple 2D character seems quite happy at least.”
“You'd fall for a 2D character?”
“Write it down in black and white today,”
“I am a real 2D character?”
“She can't hand in a blank paper tomorrow.”