有种前不见古人 后不见来者的感觉
“It's like looking back, I cannot see the ancients, looking forward, I cannot see the comers.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
一二三都没听说过 上来就从十八开始啊
“the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 16th, or 17th. They just started right at the 18th?”
有种 前不见古人 后不见来者的 感觉
“It's like looking back, I cannot see the ancients, looking forward, I cannot see the comers.”
从司令到副司令 再到参谋长 再到小兵
“From the commander to the deputy commander, the chief of staff, down to the lowest soldier,”
“This whole setup is ridiculously unprecedented and completely absurd.”
Chinese speakers often quote ancient poetic masterpieces in casual conversation to produce self-deprecating humor or elevate everyday complaints into witty banter.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unprecedented and never to be repeated; entirely unique
A quotation from a classic Tang poem, often used humorously in modern speech to describe something absurdly unprecedented.
to have a certain feeling or sense that...
A standard colloquial frame for describing a subjective vibe, impression, or intuitive realization.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I used to think Great Ancestor was weird.”
“I really haven't seen them.”
“Do you know what this place was like 20 years ago?”
“Before? I've forgotten what I was like before.”
“It's time to move on. What can I see as I move on?”
“memes from two years ago?”