当初我刚到日本来那会儿
“of when I first came to Japan.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你让我一下想到了
“You remind me”
当初 我 刚到 日 本来 那会儿
“of when I first came to Japan.”
就跟你现在一模一样
“I was just like you now,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese expatriates often bond deeply over shared hardship and disorientation experienced when first arriving abroad.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
at that time / originally / back then
Used to introduce past memories, often with a sense of contrast to the present.
at that time / back then
A colloquial northern Chinese term equivalent to '那时候'.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The Japanese have been here plenty.”
“We're getting closer to Japan.”
“You came to Japan to make money,”
“is a Japanese who grew up in China.”
“...wanting to fight the Japanese.”
“before the Japanese search this place.”