以为自己手握剧本
“I thought I held the script,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
结果自己什么都说了
“but I ended up revealing everything myself.”
以为 自己 手握剧本
“I thought I held the script,”
“but Prince Duan was the one truly above all.”
“I was such a fool to believe I had total control over the situation.”
In contemporary Chinese web fiction and drama, 'holding the script' refers to transmigrated protagonists who rely on foreknowledge of the plot, only to be humbled by cunning historical figures.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to hold the script in hand; to possess omniscient knowledge of how events will unfold
Popular internet and pop-culture metaphor describing someone who believes they have unfair foresight or insider knowledge.
mistakenly thinking that oneself...
Commonly introduces a mistaken assumption that is subsequently shattered by reality.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you must only care about acting.”
“I was totally focused on becoming a screenwriter.”
“(are carefully scripted.)”
“pretending you're working.”
“(And you wrote them all yourself?)”
“I also need to find the closure for myself.”