就是一种舞蹈 十六步 那时候我们跳得 可上瘾了
“- Just a dance. - Sixteen Steps... Back then, we were addicted to it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“You're too young. You wouldn't know.”
就是 一种舞蹈 十六步 那时候我们跳得 可 上瘾了
“- Just a dance. - Sixteen Steps... Back then, we were addicted to it.”
我一跳跳一宿 我可是我们那个村的 那个舞王
“I could dance all night. I was the dance king of our village.”
“You have no idea how passionate and cool we were back in my day!”
The 'Sixteen-Step' is a rhythmic group social dance that became a massive craze across rural and small-town China in the 1980s and 1990s, serving as a major social outlet before modern entertainment.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
back then; at that time
Used at the beginning of a clause to set a nostalgic or past timeframe when telling a story.
super addicted; totally hooked
The structure '可 + adjective/verb + 了' is a very common Northern Chinese spoken pattern used for strong emphasis.
Paired with '可' to intensify the degree of the adjective/verb, expressing exclamation ('so hooked!').
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You danced like a monkey back then.”
“Go. - Dance. - Dance.”
“I think you are born for dancing.”
“Dancing alone is no fun. I'll dance with you. Are you crazy?”