喝下孟婆汤之后 就会忘记你了
“When we enter oblivion, we will forget you,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
阿杰啊 我们就要去投胎转世了
“Han Chieh, we're going to reincarnate now.”
喝下孟婆汤之后 就会忘记你了
“When we enter oblivion, we will forget you,”
“so we can only say goodbye to you in this way.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese mythology, Lady Meng serves soup at the bridge to the afterlife to wipe all past-life memories, symbolizing clean breaks and eternal emotional partings.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
Meng Po's soup (the potion of forgetfulness in Chinese folklore)
A legendary underworld broth that erases all earthly memories before entering the next life.
reincarnate; be reborn into another life
Refers to the Buddhist and Taoist concept of the cycle of rebirth.
Indicates a future change of state or inevitable outcome once the prerequisite action is done.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“what do you think, is Mrs. Meng”
“The soup is so good, yet you threw up.”
“He put poison in the soup,”
“I remember. Meng Man-bok.”
“Nanny Mao prepared a herbal bath in the hot spring,”
“Any soup you make tastes good.”