她马上要去上大学了
“And she's about to go to university.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Fei Ni is the only one in our family with a job now.”
她 马上要 去 上大学 了
“And she's about to go to university.”
组织上有没有跟你们说
“Have you been informed”
“Don't count on her income for long, she will be leaving for college soon.”
In historical and contemporary Chinese contexts, attending university alters household finances significantly by removing a working earner and adding tuition expenses.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
about to; very soon will
A common temporal marker placed before verbs to indicate that an action or event is imminent.
attend university; go to college
The standard colloquial collocation for going to or studying at college.
Indicates an imminent change of state when paired with '马上要'.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“(as she was heading to school.)”
“she's already gone to the place she wanted.”
“Is she really trying to get into college?”
“She's been trying to enroll in college for the past few years.”
“My daughter got into university.”
“She should head back tomorrow.”