我每天会做这么大的买卖
“I'd be doing such big business every day,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我做梦都没想到
“I never dreamed”
我每天会 做这么大 的买卖
“I'd be doing such big business every day,”
比以前田先生做的生意都大
“even bigger than Mr. Tian's business back then.”
“I honestly never imagined I would ever achieve this level of commercial success.”
By framing massive success through the lens of disbelief or unexpected fortune, speakers balance self-praise with customary modesty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to do business; to trade
A traditional, colloquial synonym for 做生意, often used in spoken Mandarin.
such a big; this large scale of
A demonstrative phrase emphasizing an extreme degree or size.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“They work their fingers to the bone every day.”
“Every day, I handle more of his product than the Pai Gow tiles you push.”
“Business is going to get really big.”