但是我万万没想到
“But I never could have imagined”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我已经开始思考起人生的归途
“I had even begun to contemplate ending it all.”
但是 我 万万没想到
“But I never could have imagined”
那一天
“that the day”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese speakers often use hyperbolic set phrases like '万万没想到' to build anticipation before revealing a dramatic life change.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
never in a million years expected / totally caught off guard
A very popular and expressive idiom used to emphasize how completely unanticipated an outcome was.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I truly never expected”
“The thing is, I really never expected...”
“But what I never expected was that”
“I truly never expected”
“Wow, never saw that coming.”
“But I never expected”