当时就被杂志上的 笔友专栏登在了一起
“At the time, we were listed together in a pen pal column in a magazine.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“The two of us share the same birth date.”
当时就被杂志上的 笔友专栏登在了 一起
“At the time, we were listed together in a pen pal column in a magazine.”
“She said her mother's surname was also Qiao.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Before the internet, pen pal columns in youth literary magazines were a widespread cultural phenomenon in China for teenagers to connect across distant provinces.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
pen pal column
Refers to dedicated print magazine columns popular in the late 20th century for finding correspondence friends.
to be published together
Uses '登' (to publish/print) paired with '在一起' to indicate co-appearance in print media.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“in the spring of 1995.”
“I learned it from a fashion magazine. You gave me that magazine.”
“What was I like when I was in the publishing house?”
“Look. (Qinqiang Opera Art) She's in magazines.”
“Um... if your magazine idea fails, do you have a backup plan?”
“We were Wang's closest friends,”