人家现在都快成洋人了
“He almost becomes a foreigner.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我听说他现在 可出息了啊 做生意赚了钱 出国啦
“I heard that he is prosperous now. He has made a lot of money by doing business. He lives abroad now.”
人家 现在都快 成洋人 了
“He almost becomes a foreigner.”
他们老家呀 跟我们就隔一座山 特别穷
“There is just one mountain between their hometown and ours. It was particularly poor.”
“He has completely left his old provincial life behind and lives like a Westerner now.”
In older generations, going abroad and acquiring wealth was seen as the pinnacle of success, contrasting starkly with impoverished rural roots.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
almost turned into a foreigner
A colloquial hyperbole used to describe a Chinese national living abroad or adopting foreign customs.
Indicates a new state or situation that has recently been reached.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“with so many foreigners? Did something happen?”
“It's so crowded today.”
“And there are far fewer people here today.”