真是祖坟都冒青烟了
“must mean my ancestors are watching over me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
没当仵作
“Not becoming a coroner”
真是 祖坟 都 冒青烟 了
“must mean my ancestors are watching over me.”
走吧
“Let's go.”
“They got unbelievably lucky by dodging that bullet.”
In Chinese folklore and Fengshui, purple or green smoke billowing from an ancestral grave signifies that the ancestors' spirits are blessing descendants with extreme wealth or high office.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
blessed with unbelievable luck through ancestral grace
A highly colorful folk idiom describing rare good fortune, often used playfully, exaggeratedly, or with a hint of irony.
Indicates a newly emerged state or realizes a heightened degree of exaggeration.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“a great blessing for our family.”
“is like hitting the jackpot for your ancestors.”
“and that is already a blessing from your ancestors.”
“I must be blessed by my ancestors”