你这样下去会生病喔
“If you keep this up, you'll get sick.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Young man, you have to be careful.”
你 这样下去会 生病喔
“If you keep this up, you'll get sick.”
“Don't die in my place and make it a haunted house.”
“Take care of yourself; don't collapse and create a disaster in my house.”
Landlords in Chinese communities strongly dread unnatural deaths on their property ('xiongzhai'), as it drastically devalues real estate and invites bad luck, leading to outspoken warnings to risky tenants.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
if things continue like this; at this rate
Used to introduce negative foreseeable consequences if an ongoing negative situation or habit is not changed.
to fall ill; to get sick
Standard everyday verb-object compound for becoming sick.
Softens the admonishment and serves as a friendly reminder or cautionary prompt characteristic of colloquial Taiwanese Mandarin.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You'll get sick if you stay in the rain like this!”
“You'll ruin your health if you go on like this.”
“why'd you get so sick at such a young age?”
“More and more people are getting sick. What if you get sick?”
“If this continues, something will go wrong sooner or later.”