多多少少都偏了航
“They all go off course, more or less.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
都没有按照导航的设定去走呢
“never follow the path set by their GPS?”
多多少少 都 偏了航
“They all go off course, more or less.”
有的想往东走的 偏偏去了北边
“Some want to go east, but end up going north.”
“None of us ended up where we planned, and that is just life.”
Using gentle metaphors to accept divergence from original plans reflects a fatalistic, comforting approach common in Chinese conversational solace.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
more or less; to some extent
A very natural spoken hedge used to soften a generalized statement.
went off course; strayed from the trajectory
Literally referring to navigation, but frequently used metaphorically for career or life detours.
Marks a change of state, indicating the departure from the original path has occurred.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“have heard something more or less.”
“One more or one less makes no difference.”
“they'll all face this issue to some degree.”
“More, less, whatever. Keep it.”
“Not many. Seriously?”
“Who's not here?”