Jan Finster Posted March 1, 2020 at 12:39 PM Report Share Posted March 1, 2020 at 12:39 PM I have come across "一世..." several times in the subtitles of different TV shows. I know that it means any of the following: generation · period of 30 years · one's whole lifetime · lifelong · age · era · times. However, none of them make any sense... ? Here is context from the last episode I encountered it: 中国 人民 应该 帮助 自己 的 人民 。 你 为什么 是 叛徒 ？ 三哥 三哥 三哥 他们 在 看 。 一世 ... 想 和 你 一起 工作 。 但是 你 不 相信 我 。 所以 我 不得不 去 别的 地方 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted March 1, 2020 at 01:24 PM Report Share Posted March 1, 2020 at 01:24 PM Any reason why the "all my life" sense wouldn't work here? You could render it "All my life I just wanted to work alongside you but you never believed in me so I had to go off somewhere else" as one example, which seems natural enough. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members 中文知音 - 田丁 Posted March 1, 2020 at 11:18 PM New Members Report Share Posted March 1, 2020 at 11:18 PM Hi Jan, I agree with Jim. According to the lines you quote from the TV show. I guess the character is meaning 'I want to work with you for the whole life'. But it places 'my whole life'/一世at the beginning of the sentence, which may be for the purpose of emphasis. I guess the non-typical position of this word makes it a bit confusing indeed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Finster Posted March 2, 2020 at 08:20 AM Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2020 at 08:20 AM 18 hours ago, Jim said: "all my life" Yes, Jim is right. I did not see the solution right in front of me. "All my life, I just wanted to work alongside you..." 9 hours ago, 中文知音 - 田丁 said: 'I want to work with you for the whole life' This would be an alternative translation, but I favour Jim's, which is slightly different in meaning. Thank you both! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Finster Posted March 2, 2020 at 02:36 PM Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2020 at 02:36 PM I thought I got it, but here is another text passage where "all my life" does not fit... ?: 有 一个 俄罗斯 女人 。 嗯 ... 没有 。 你 应该 早点 说 一世 ... 对 ？ 那 我们 就 不留 你 了 提出 来 很 尴尬 。 我们 走 吧 。 牛 弟兄 保重 我 送 你 出去 牛 弟兄 不要 不错 。 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members 中文知音 - 田丁 Posted March 2, 2020 at 11:05 PM New Members Report Share Posted March 2, 2020 at 11:05 PM Hahaha. That's a quite weird conversation in the TV show. If you don't mind, you can post this short video clip and I can have a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted March 3, 2020 at 01:01 PM Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 at 01:01 PM Makes you wonder if it's in fact some OCR artefact, especially if you've been seeing it frequently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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