小的时候我每次遇见你就会倒霉
“When we were kids, I had bad luck whenever I ran into you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“It feels like I'm dreaming.”
小的时候 我 每次 遇见 你就会 倒霉
“When we were kids, I had bad luck whenever I ran into you.”
但是现在反而是你
“But now it's you”
“You used to be my jinx, but look how close and special we have become now.”
Chinese romance narratives frequently invoke the trope of 'delightful adversaries' (huanxi yuanjia), where childhood rivalry or bad luck is romantically reinterpreted as karmic destiny (yuanfen).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
when I was small / in childhood
Universal conversational time anchor for sharing childhood anecdotes.
every time... then...
Correlative pattern expressing habitual actions or recurring outcomes.
to have bad luck / out of luck
Very frequent spoken expression for misfortune or annoying setbacks.