虽然我盼这一天盼了大半辈子了
“Even though I've been waiting for this day for most of my life,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
确实是 也是 不太合适
“You're right. That's true. It doesn't suit us.”
虽然我盼这一天 盼了大半辈子 了
“Even though I've been waiting for this day for most of my life,”
但是还是不太 不太适应 是是是
“I'm still not quite used to it. Yeah.”
“I wanted this for so long, but now that it's here, I'm completely unprepared.”
Chinese speakers often temper deep satisfaction with self-deprecating admissions of unease when achieving long-sought goals to maintain humility.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
looked forward to for more than half a lifetime
Used idiomatically to emphasize profound, prolonged longing for a specific life milestone.
Indicates that the duration of longing has accumulated up to the present moment.