但结婚只是结束单身
“But marriage only ends your single status.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你们的爱不是拼尽全力 赵兰心是结婚了
“Love shouldn't require exhausting effort. Zhao Lanxin is married now.”
但 结婚 只是 结束单身
“But marriage only ends your single status.”
不一定结束独身
“It doesn't end solitude.”
“Just because she is married doesn't mean she isn't lonely deep down.”
Modern Chinese discourse increasingly separates external legal status (danshen) from profound existential loneliness (dushen), reflecting changing attitudes toward marriage.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to end being single
A modern collocation referring to entering into a marriage or serious committed relationship.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“how can you still be single?”
“were you ever married?”
“they're heading for marriage anyway.”
“Our marriage was also quite sudden.”
“But marriage isn't about tying her down.”
“won't survive.”