我喝了没有半瓶 我就喝多了
“I hadn't even finished half of it before getting drunk.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我心里还是过不去
“but I couldn't accept it emotionally.”
我喝了 没有 半瓶 我就 喝多了
“I hadn't even finished half of it before getting drunk.”
后来凉风一吹把我吹醒了 我就回家了
“The cool breeze later sobered me up. So I went home.”
“Don't blame me for what followed; I blacked out quickly and wasn't in my right mind.”
Turning to alcohol to numb distress ('心里过不去') is a familiar motif, frequently cited in Chinese contexts to excuse lapses in judgment or loss of control.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
got drunk; had too much to drink
The most common and euphemistic spoken Chinese way to say someone has had too much alcohol.
before even... already...
A correlative pattern used to emphasize that an outcome happened prematurely or with unexpectedly minimal input.
Marks the completion of drinking and the sudden change of state into intoxication.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“A lot. All the alcohol is finished.”
“Why is there no alcohol in it? I drank it.”
“Nope. Drinking too much will interfere with business.”
“She drank too much. She's in bed now.”
“Kept saying no, then drank half my bottle.”
“I got drunk and lost my temper then.”