你想得确实挺美好的
“That's a really nice thought.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
寄托在别人身上
“to someone else.”
你想得 确实 挺 美 好的
“That's a really nice thought.”
但我就怕你妈那性格
“But knowing your mom's personality,”
“Your plan is totally naive and out of touch with reality.”
In Chinese interpersonal communication, softening a blunt disagreement by first acknowledging the positive aspect of an idea is a standard face-saving tactic.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
wishful thinking; daydreaming
A common colloquial expression used to tease or warn someone that their expectations are unrealistically optimistic.
Affirms the speaker's assessment and adds a decisive tone to the evaluation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“In your dreams!”
“in Beijing right now.”
“It's good. Isn't this feeling what you want?”
“"I'm doing well too."”
“I think it looks good.”
“You're too good for me.”