医生说可能会瘸一辈子
“(The doctor said he might be disabled for life.)”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
被大石头砸断了腿
“(and got hit by a rock on the leg.)”
医生说可能会 瘸一辈子
“(The doctor said he might be disabled for life.)”
他是不能出去打工了 才逼我的
“(He can't work away from home anymore,) (so he's forcing me.)”
“This permanent disability ruined our livelihoods and led to desperate, abusive measures.”
In working-class or rural Chinese households, losing the ability to do manual labor often triggers catastrophic financial and emotional collapse.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to be lame/limp for the rest of one's life
A blunt, colloquial spoken phrase describing permanent mobility impairment.
the doctor said / according to the doctor
Used to cite medical authority when explaining health outcomes or prognoses.