反正呢 他酒色财气五毒俱全 能活到今天
“Anyway, he's got many bad habits. Him living this long is already a miracle.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“What illness? Is it serious? Heart disease. I don't know if it's serious.”
反正 呢 他酒色财气 五毒俱全 能活到 今天
“Anyway, he's got many bad habits. Him living this long is already a miracle.”
已经是老天爷开眼了
“Him living this long is already a miracle.”
“He lives recklessly and indulges in every vice, so he only has himself to blame for getting sick.”
Chinese cultural sentiment often views severe health issues after persistent vice as natural karmic consequences of a decadent life.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the four cardinal vices (alcohol, lust, wealth, and bad temper)
A traditional four-character idiom describing a corrupt and hedonistic lifestyle.
steeped in all sorts of vices / utterly corrupt
An idiom used colloquially to emphasize that a person possesses every bad habit imaginable.
Softens the connective phrase '反正' and pauses the sentence to draw the listener's attention.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“must not only refrain from greed but also have no fear of death.”
“she could not withstand endless human greed.”
“He's no better than an animal. Not everyone has the courage”
“Well, you can wait for reincarnation.”
“But that's your entire livelihood. You just gave him?”
“Someone greedy and lustful like him is timid.”