他正好碰上了 国内大搞基建的好时候
“He happened to catch the infrastructure boom in China.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Your father, however, was in his prime.”
他 正好 碰上了 国内 大搞基建 的好时候
“He happened to catch the infrastructure boom in China.”
机会很多啊
“There were so many opportunities.”
“He was lucky to ride the coattails of the national building boom.”
Traditional Chinese thought places great value on 'Shi' (opportune timing/favorable historical winds), viewing it as an essential determinant of worldly career success.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
just happened to encounter; timed perfectly with
Useful when explaining how external timing or luck played a key role in an outcome.
massively carry out infrastructure development
A common socio-economic colloquial phrase referring to China's large-scale construction boom.
Signifies the completion of an event or realization of an advantageous state.
