浓 往死里浓
“The stronger, the better.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不加糖 不加奶
“No sugar. No milk.”
浓 往死里 浓
“The stronger, the better.”
先来一口咖啡
“First sip of coffee.”
“Make it as ridiculously strong as humanly possible, I need the caffeine shock.”
Among young Chinese urban professionals, demanding hyper-strong, black coffee without milk or sugar is a common badge of pulling all-nighters or coping with severe workplace fatigue.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to the extreme / desperately / to death
A vivid colloquial intensifier placed before verbs or adjectives to denote pushing an action to its absolute limit.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The concentration down there is even higher. Several people have already died.”
“Beat him. Beat him to death.”
“Fight through death to live!”
“Clearly all blood was drained from her body when she died.”
“Life and death are fated.”
“you'll be in utter misery.”