没见过什么遍地黄金
“instead of seeing a city full of opportunities,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
当时我到深圳 还没有两个月
“At that time, having been to Shenzhen for only less than two months,”
没见过 什么 遍地黄金
“instead of seeing a city full of opportunities,”
就过失杀人罪
“I was sentenced to four years in prison”
“All those stories about easy money were lies; there was nothing but struggle.”
During China's Reform and Opening period, Shenzhen was famed as a land of opportunity, but millions of ordinary migrants encountered harsh conditions rather than instant fortune.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
gold everywhere; streets paved with gold; boundless wealth opportunities
A vivid idiom used either to describe a boomtown full of wealth or, in negative constructions, to mock the unrealistic myth of effortless riches.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold.”
“Gold shines wherever it is.”
“but also take away as much gold”
“it's like gold paving the earth.”
“A treasure site.”
“- What silver? There was no silver at all! - I really did give it to him!”