我都当了三回伴娘了
“I've already been a bridesmaid thrice.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
说好了
“It's a deal.”
我都 当了三回伴娘 了
“I've already been a bridesmaid thrice.”
再当下去
“If this keeps up,”
“I cannot be a bridesmaid anymore or I will never get married myself.”
A widespread traditional Chinese belief holds that serving as a bridesmaid more than three times exhausts one's own romantic fortune, preventing the person from ever marrying.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to serve as a bridesmaid
A common verb-object collocation referring to being a bridesmaid at a wedding.
already...
Used to emphasize an extreme degree, quantity, or elapsed time, often conveying a sense of exasperation or complaining.
Marks an accrued state of completion and highlights the cumulative count to emphasize that a threshold has been reached.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Her relatives were quite fond of me.”
“(she'd make a fine sister-in-law.)”
“Changning wants a partner too.”
“Just the three Their Ladyships? Yes.”
“(Meng Guangcai once had me fooled.)”
“Time and time again,”