会不会有一天它忽然就罢工 就废了
“will it suddenly stop working and become useless one day?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你说我每天都用这个大拇指打字
“See, if I keep typing with my thumb every day,”
会不会有 一天它忽然就 罢工 就 废了
“will it suddenly stop working and become useless one day?”
不至于吧
“Probably not.”
“My thumb aches so much from typing that I am worried I am destroying my joint.”
Reflects the ubiquitous contemporary lifestyle of Chinese youth whose daily labor and socializing are tied constantly to smartphones.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to go on strike (figuratively stop working)
Frequently applied to appliances, technology, or tired body parts that suddenly fail to function.
to become crippled / ruined / useless
Very informal spoken slang to dramatically declare something broken, exhausted, or wrecked.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“if one day I'm gone,”
“Who knows when I'll be gone?”
“we wouldn't have been able to get by.”
“You weren't laid off, were you?”
“If I get fired today,”
“It might come true one day, right?”