但没有多久 就被一个浪给拍回来了
“♪ And say, as if it's nothing, "How have you been lately?" ♪ but before long, a wave pushed us back.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“we wanted to swim to the other shore, ♪ And say, as if it's nothing, "How have you been lately?" ♪”
但 没有 多久 就被一个浪给 拍回来 了
“♪ And say, as if it's nothing, "How have you been lately?" ♪ but before long, a wave pushed us back.”
现在想想
“Thinking about it now,”
“We were completely out of our depth, and reality knocked us down almost immediately.”
Facing waves (浪) is a classic Chinese storytelling motif for early entrepreneurial or generational struggles against overwhelming odds.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
before long; not long after
Used in storytelling to indicate that a subsequent event occurred shortly after the first.
smacked back; slapped back
Literally used for waves crashing things back ashore, but often used figuratively to describe being knocked down by life.
Indicates the completion of the action and the finality of the setback.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But he left soon, complaining the work was too hard.”
“I've only just come back, and now I'm leaving again.”
“Never mind. As I come back, I have more time to later.”
“before he came back.”
“This time they suddenly returned.”
“Why did you come back so early?”