差点把咱俩撞一跟头
“was enough to knock both of us over.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就他那劲头
“His strength”
差点 把 咱俩 撞一跟头
“was enough to knock both of us over.”
那能是尿毒症吗
“- Do you think it really is uremia? - Indeed.”
“Look how strong he is—there is no way he is actually sick!”
Colloquial Northern Chinese speech frequently employs visceral physical expressions like falling head-over-heels to colorfully exaggerate someone's vigor or recklessness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
almost; nearly
A very common adverb placed before verbs to indicate an undesirable event was narrowly avoided.
to knock someone down; to cause someone to trip or fall flat
Colloquial Northern Mandarin expression used to vividly describe being bumped into hard enough to tumble.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“She almost blew our minds away.”
“You almost hit me. You know that, right? Police. Show me your ID card.”
“One hit from them, and it's like getting slammed by a truck.”