咱们可以走个形式 以后还是各过各的
“It's just a formality. We won't live with them.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“They don't care much about superficial ceremonies.”
咱们 可以 走个形式 以后还是 各过各的
“It's just a formality. We won't live with them.”
行
“Okay.”
“Let's do this just for show to satisfy others, but neither of us should interfere with the other's real life.”
A pragmatic arrangement where individuals marry solely to appease societal expectations or parental pressure while maintaining entirely separate personal lives.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to go through the motions / do something just for show
Commonly used when completing an official or social procedure purely to appease formalities or authorities.
to live separate lives / mind one's own business
Used to describe spouses, partners, or roommates maintaining complete personal autonomy and independence.
Functions as a nominalizer/modifier creating the pattern '各过各的', denoting a habitual detached lifestyle state.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“[Officer Li] Then, let's leave a contact method. [Xia Yi is not in this photo.]”
“We'll probably be living apart.”
“Let's discuss it again. You can keep looking for them yourselves”
“As a secretary, you should be thinking about the path forward,”
“let's stick to our agreed plan.”