其实根本都到不了岸
“We couldn't have reached the shore.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“♪ Just a "long time no see" ♪ a boat without sails on this sea.”
其实 根本 都 到不了岸
“We couldn't have reached the shore.”
可以的
“We can do it.”
“Stop deceiving yourself; this relationship or situation is doomed to fail.”
In Chinese philosophical and Buddhist traditions, 'the shore' (岸) represents safety, salvation, and awakening, making 'not reaching the shore' a metaphor for prolonged suffering.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
simply; not at all
A strong colloquial intensifier emphasizing total impossibility or failure to achieve something.
cannot reach the shore
A potential complement construction often used metaphorically to signify failing to reach a safe harbor or resolution.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you can't reach your destination.”
“you'll never reach the place you want to go."”
“But whether you go to the island or not,”
“But whether we go to the island or not,”
“wouldn't go that far.”
“If so,”