二十世纪最伟大的预言家
“The greatest psychic of the 20th century.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
二十世纪 最伟大的预言家
“The greatest psychic of the 20th century.”
她是一个瞎眼婆婆
“She was a blind old woman.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In conversational Chinese, it is natural to omit the subject and copula verb entirely when directly defining or introducing someone.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
prophet / seer / soothsayer
Used to describe figures famous for foretelling the future.
the greatest
Superlative construction used to highlight supreme prominence or renown.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“My predictions are very accurate.”
“But someone discovered that the images on the cards successfully predicted 9/11, Chernobyl, Trump's election win, stuff like that.”
“accurately predicted the Pearl Harbor incident.”
“more than anyone else in this world.”
“Any predictions?”
“once made 2 prophecies?”