她就再也没跟我提过高考 和大学的事儿了
“she hasn't mentioned the exam or college at all.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
其实从过完年回到家
“Since coming home after Chinese New Year,”
她就 再 也 没 跟 我 提过 高考 和大 学的 事儿了
“she hasn't mentioned the exam or college at all.”
难道她真的想通了
“Maybe she really came around?”
“She suddenly stopped nagging me about exams, which feels too good to be true.”
Gaokao represents the single most important academic hurdle in Chinese society, often becoming the primary source of tension between parents and children.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
never again
Used to denote a permanent cessation of an action or event from a specific point forward.
to use something as a pretext or topic to nag/criticize
A very colloquial northern Mandarin chunk meaning to use an issue as leverage or a talking point.
Marks a change of state, indicating the mother has completely stopped bringing up the topic.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“until after your exams to tell you properly.”
“I thought I'd wait until after the college entrance exam.”
“Later, when I was in high school, it passed away.”
“After you moved away for high school, you never came back, right?”
“and I won't let you take the gaokao exams?”
“You never mentioned that in high school.”