你说我这个梦 会不会太大了
“Do you think this dream of mine is too big?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
周诚
“Zhou Cheng.”
你说 我 这个 梦 会不会太大了
“Do you think this dream of mine is too big?”
会不会觉得我在说大话
“Do you think I'm talking big?”
“Please tell me I'm not being ridiculously unrealistic and that you believe in me.”
Chinese speakers often downplay their ambitions as potentially 'too big' or 'bragging' (说大话) to invite reassurance rather than sound boastful.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
could it be too big / is it overly ambitious
Used to hedge a proposal or ambition, showing modesty and soliciting the listener's genuine opinion.
tell me / what do you think
A conversational starter used to draw the interlocutor into an intimate or reflective dialogue.
Functions as a marker of excess when paired with '太', highlighting the speaker's worry about overreaching.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But if we don't aim high, how do we know”
“I had a very long dream.”
“You want me to keep having nightmares, right?”
“I had a nightmare,”
“No, I meant I don't have them.”
“Otherwise, I'm afraid Mengmeng won't like it.”