差点毁了我们所有人
“almost destroyed all of us.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他那枪
“That shot he fired”
差点毁了 我们 所有人
“almost destroyed all of us.”
那个人叫王力
“[2014] That man is called Wang Li.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In tight-knit illicit or political groups, one member's blunder often threatens the entire network with total collapse.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
almost; nearly
Placed directly before verbs to describe an undesirable event that narrowly failed to happen.
ruined; destroyed
A common colloquial phrase used when a career, plan, or life is completely wrecked.
Indicates completion of the hypothetical ruin within the counterfactual 'almost' construction.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you've destroyed all of that.”
“But that's already enough to destroy everything we have.”
“Let's leave all those broken pieces behind.”
“and it became the root of all disasters.”
“Everything I had was ruined by him.”
“was almost reduced to ashes by a fire.”
“has put us in a terrible position.”