挂了一夜水 他在我这胳膊上枕了一夜 疼死了
“Xiaofei had a fever and got an IV drip in the hospital all night. He slept with his head on my arm. It's killing me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
带他去医院
“Xiaofei had a fever and got an IV drip in the hospital all night.”
挂了 一夜水 他在我这 胳膊 上枕了一夜 疼死了
“Xiaofei had a fever and got an IV drip in the hospital all night. He slept with his head on my arm. It's killing me.”
你俩都在啊
“You're both here? What happened last night?”
“He was on an IV drip all night and slept on my arm the whole time—my arm is killing me, but look how close we are.”
A common colloquial term in mainland China for receiving an intravenous drip (shuye or da diandi), widely used when seeking medical care for fevers, colds, or acute ailments.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to get an IV drip, to receive intravenous infusion
A very common colloquial term in northern China and the Jiangzhe region, widely used in everyday medical contexts.
hurts terribly, in extreme pain
The pattern 'verb/adjective + si le' is an extremely common colloquial exaggeration in Chinese used to emphasize extreme degree.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you've saved me twice since then. Don't mention it.”
“You've been running around all night.”
“Then, overnight, things started to snowball.”
“You've had a long night. Did you find anything?”
“A day and a night. You scared me to death.”
“I couldn't sleep last night and caught it by the river.”