他一路颠沛流离 饱受磨难
“he has been wandering and suffering hardships.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这些年
“All these years,”
他 一路 颠沛流离 饱受磨难
“he has been wandering and suffering hardships.”
“It is inevitable that his temperament has become unstable.”
“Please don't be too harsh on him; he went through hell to get here.”
In Chinese narrative ethics, recounting a subject's bitter past is a standard pragmatic strategy to justify present character flaws or seek pardons from figures of authority.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
wandering from place to place in dire poverty and distress
A formal four-character idiom (chengyu) used in formal or literary contexts to describe a life of hardship and displacement.
to suffer through immense hardships and tribulations
A polished written or dramatic collocation used to express that someone has endured prolonged suffering.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“♪Like a wheel without end♪”
“Why are there so many unexpected obstacles along the way? I know.”
“The poison spreads too fast on the way.”
“I've been hiding so carefully all this way.”
“you've endured trials along the way. Thank you for everything.”
“it hasn't been easy for you two to come this far.”