一听他就病得不轻 好
“You can tell at a glance he's seriously ill. Alright.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
放这名患者进来
“let this patient in.”
一听 他就 病得不轻 好
“You can tell at a glance he's seriously ill. Alright.”
进去吧
“Go on in.”
“He sounds terrible; let's get him in right away.”
In traditional and modern Chinese medicine contexts, doctors often rely on auditory observation ('闻' in traditional diagnostics) to gauge patient urgency before an official examination.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
as soon as one hears / by the sound of it
Use to introduce a quick judgment or realization triggered by a sound or someone's voice.
seriously ill / in bad shape
Can refer literally to medical severity or figuratively to someone acting completely irrational or crazy.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You really don't know what's good for you! Even though he's so ill,”
“I'd like to see for myself what kind of illness he has”
“He has a dysfunction. We won't hang out with him.”
“Only then did I learn he was terminally ill”
“How would I know? He's crazy, that's why.”
“Something was wrong with this girl long ago.”