就只能干这老本行
“This is the only work I know.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我呢
“This is the only work I know.”
就 只能 干这 老本行
“This is the only work I know.”
我也习惯了
“And I'm used to it.”
“I'm not cut out for other jobs, but at least I know this trade inside out.”
Describing one's career as simply 'sticking to an old trade' exhibits Chinese conversational modesty about one's professional skillset.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
original profession / familiar trade
Used when referring to one's long-standing occupation or area of primary expertise.
can only / have no choice but to
Used to convey a constraint or lack of better alternatives in speech.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“could only do some menial work.”
“it only proves that you are not cut out for this line of work.”
“and can't do any proper work.”
“I'm hopeless at this kind of manual work.”
“we have to do it ourselves.”
“I had no choice but to do this.”