越走越窄
“Narrower and narrower...”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那你还造不朽丹
“Then why are you making the Immortality Pill?”
越走越窄
“Narrower and narrower...”
谷里来的人太多
“There are too many people in the valley,”
“Our room to maneuver is shrinking, so I was forced to take this route.”
In Chinese philosophy and everyday language, life choices and moral trajectories are conceptualized as physical paths that can broaden or narrow.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
becoming increasingly restricted; running out of options
A common metaphor based on physical path width, used when describing choices or prospects narrowing over time.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“a path that grows ever wider,”
“I could only sink deeper into the mire of corruption.”
“and may life get better with every bite.”
“The more I look, the more he looks like him.”
“Your power will weaken over time.”
“Life is getting better and better.”