一切正要起飞的时候
“seemed limitless,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“But just as Zhou Kejie's future”
一切 正要 起飞 的时候
“seemed limitless,”
事情发生了变化
“everything changed.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese narrative traditions frequently emphasize that peaks of success are precisely when unforeseen vulnerabilities or turning points emerge.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to take off; to gain rapid momentum
Metaphorically used to describe a career, venture, or project suddenly succeeding or skyrocketing.
just when... was about to...
A temporal construction widely used to signal that an event was interrupted right on the verge of happening.
Functions structurally within '的时候' to anchor the temporal clause indicating a specific moment.
