说我是扫把星
“calling me a jinx.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那些孩子总是欺负我
“The other kids always bullied me, calling me a jinx.”
说我是扫把星
“calling me a jinx.”
大人们冷眼看着我
“The adults turned a blind eye.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional Chinese folklore, comets resemble brooms and are seen as ominous omens; calling someone a 'broom star' cruelly brands them as cursed.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
jinx; person who brings bad luck
A highly offensive traditional idiom used to label someone as a harbinger of misfortune or catastrophe.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Yucheng was meant to have.”
“So many brooms. People may think you're a broom spirit.”
“[Where Clouds Roam and Snow Dances] to bring a jinx like you here?”
“Maybe I really am a jinx.”
“Jinx! Bad luck to meet you!”
“You jinx! Are you blind?”