是世界上最普通的事情
“just some ordinary things in the world.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
它就跟搬家一样嘛
“quitting, joining, and promotions, are like moving house,”
是世界上 最普通的事情
“just some ordinary things in the world.”
不过呢
“However, I have to admit”
“Do not make a big deal out of this; everyone goes through it.”
In Chinese interpersonal communication, comforting often involves universalizing pain by framing it as a mundane reality shared by all human beings.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the most common/ordinary thing
A frequent rhetorical collocation used to downplay drama and reframe an issue as normal.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and live as the most ordinary of people,”
“like eating or having coffee.”
“But the saddest thing”
“This has to be the most romantic thing in the world.”