我本来觉得老天对我 特别好
“I've been feeling like fate has been very nice to me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我心里难受 你知道不知道 我难受 怎么啦
“I'm having a hard time in my heart. Do you know that? I'm having a hard time. What's the problem?”
我 本来 觉得老天对我 特别好
“I've been feeling like fate has been very nice to me.”
“I used to feel so blessed, but now my heart is completely breaking.”
Chinese speakers often invoke 'laotian' (Heaven) colloquially as the ultimate arbiter of fate and luck rather than referring to an institutionalized religious deity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
Heaven / Fate towards me
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to personify fate or providence when discussing one's fortune or misfortune in life.
originally thought / used to feel
Ideal for setting up a strong contrast between past assumptions and disappointing current realities.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But in the end, the heavens sided with me.”
“I thought this was an opportunity given by heaven.”
“Maybe Heaven pitied me.”
“God is indeed looking out for me.”
“This is truly heaven helping us.”
“Thank heavens for giving me such a great Mr. Pei.”