这坊里一个个的
“In this quarter,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Everything has changed beyond recognition.”
这坊里 一个个的
“In this quarter,”
“who would still remember me, this old general?”
“Times have changed and these ungrateful people have completely forgotten who protected them.”
Reflects the common cultural sentiment that people are fickle, honoring powerful generals only while they hold active sway and forgetting them once circumstances shift.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
every single one of them
Used when referring critically or dismissively to each person in a specific collective group.
Functions here in spoken Chinese to categorize a group dismissively and complete the noun phrase.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We're all neighbors here.”
“We're all neighbors. It's not a big deal. It's settled.”
“There were hundreds of residential blocks in the city,”
“It is all anyone is talking about.”
“Look at you all,”
“The whole neighborhood knew.”