一段前尘往事罢了 柏雪
“Just past history. Bai Xue.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
听他说 你们是二〇〇〇年 在酒吧认识的
“He said you met at a bar in the year of 2000.”
一段 前尘往事 罢了 柏雪
“Just past history. Bai Xue.”
两年前你叫王梦晴
“Two years ago, you were Wang Mengqing.”
“That is all in the past and none of your business, so drop it.”
Speakers often invoke poetic idioms about the transience of time to politely deflect uncomfortable probes into their personal history.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
past events long gone; water under the bridge
A poetic four-character idiom used in spoken Chinese to brush off old history or memories.
merely; that's all; nothing more
Placed at the end of a clause to downplay significance or express mild resignation.
Conveys a minimizing tone, emphasizing that the situation is trivial and not worth further attention.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“[Purong Hotel Staff Apartment] about your past with Ms. Jiang.”
“chat with me about old memories.”
“Back then, you were troubled by the past”
“Past events and old grudges,”
“Everyone has a past.”
“these are all in the past.”
“What's past is in the past.”
“Let bygones be bygones.”