How to say "从来没想到今天 居然亲眼见到了" (cóng lái méi xiǎng dào jīn tiān jū rán qīn yǎn jiàn dào le) in Chinese dialogue

cóng从lái来méi没xiǎng想dào到jīn今tiān天 jū居rán然qīn亲yǎn眼jiàn见dào到le了

but never thought I'd see one in the flesh.

Idioms & Colloquial Expressions
INTERACTIVE SCRIPT TIMELINE
LINE 0140:18
yǐ以qián前tīng听shuō说shì是zhǐ纸shàng上tán谈bīng兵

“I'd only heard of 'armchair generals,'”

LINE 0240:20
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cóng lái méi xiǎng dào jīn tiān jū rán qīn yǎn jiàn dào le从来没想到今天 居然亲眼见到了

“but never thought I'd see one in the flesh.”

LINE 0340:23
nǐ bù guò nǐ zhè zhǐ a hái zhēn bù cuò你 不过你这纸啊 还真不错

“But for an armchair general, you're quite good.”

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Source MediaTV Series
Season & EpisodeS1 E1
Timestamp40:20
TMDB ID279593 →