我就是开了一个小小的工作室
“I just run a small studio.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Just some product packaging design and the like.”
我 就是 开了一个 小小的 工作室
“I just run a small studio.”
“More of a personal interest.”
“Don't make a big deal out of it; it's just a modest personal project.”
Chinese speakers often intentionally minimize their own accomplishments or ventures to project modesty and avoid appearing arrogant.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
just; simply
Used as a conversational filler to soften statements or indicate modesty.
small studio
Duplication of the adjective adds an endearing, humble tone to downplay one's business.
Indicates the completion of an action or a newly established state of having opened the studio.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But this doesn't conflict with my original intention of starting this studio.”
“has never been a complacent small workshop.”
“Let's work together and be our own bosses in our own shop.”
“No matter how small the business is, it's still business.”
“I was just joking.”
“is good for our studio, isn't it? Don't spoil him too much.”