日子过得风生水起的
“she's doing great.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这离完婚了
“Now that she's divorced,”
日子过得 风生水起 的
“she's doing great.”
我们呢
“What about us?”
“Look how amazingly well they are doing, while we are still stuck here.”
In contemporary urban China, thriving financially and emotionally after a divorce is seen as the ultimate vindication against traditional stigmas.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
thriving, prosperous, booming
A popular idiom used to describe a career, business, or lifestyle that is rapidly rising and very successful.
living one's life (in a certain manner)
A common conversational frame used before an adjective phrase to describe someone's living condition.
Used at the end of a descriptive clause to emphasize the state and make the tone more conversational.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“everybody will live a good life.”
“there was still something to look forward to in my life.”
“my life has felt like following a preset template—”
“Personal matters and work matters too.”
“Life is just the daily grind.”
“My life seemed calm on the surface,”
“Even if life is a mess,”
“Life was peaceful and harmonious.”