当初 踌躇满志地想要去上海
“Back then, I was so ambitious about going to Shanghai.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就那样吧
“Same.”
当初 踌躇满志 地 想要 去上海
“Back then, I was so ambitious about going to Shanghai.”
“But I only realized it was just another place to write.”
“I used to think moving to the big city would change everything, but I was so naive.”
Young Chinese professionals often flock to megacities like Shanghai full of dreams, only to face mundane office routines and high pressures of daily survival.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
full of ambition and high spirits; puffed up with pride
An idiom often used retrospectively to contrast youthful optimism with later reality.
at that time; originally; in the beginning
Used to introduce a past time frame, often carrying a slight sense of regret or nostalgia.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“his wife and daughter got fed up and moved to Shanghai,”
“that I rushed to Shanghai.”
“Just go back to Shanghai with peace of mind.”
“and I moved it here after returning to Shanghai.”
“She worked so hard to get into a university in Shanghai.”
“Think back to when we came to Shanghai,”