我这辈子我 我死脑筋
“I've always had a rigid mind.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这行
“This works.”
我 这辈子 我 我 死脑筋
“I've always had a rigid mind.”
要不是我们家老丁呢
“That's our Ding for you!”
“I'm too stubborn for my own good, and I couldn't have managed without my partner.”
Chinese speakers often downplay their own cleverness or adaptability by calling themselves stubborn or foolish, especially when highlighting the virtues of a spouse.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in this life / all one's life
Commonly used in spoken Chinese when reflecting broadly on one's lifelong personality traits, regrets, or fortunes.
stubborn / rigid-minded / inflexible
A colloquial noun or predicate used either to criticize someone's stubbornness or jokingly describe one's own lack of flexibility.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I call the shots in my own life. You...”
“I've never been so humiliated!”
“In my life, I can't expect you to look after me.”
“I don't think I'll ever step into an operating room again.”
“I'm never getting married again. Enough of that.”
“I can kneel down”