不至于伤成这样吧
“He can't be as severely injured as they are.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
平日也有两下子
“quite a good fighter.”
不至于 伤成这样 吧
“He can't be as severely injured as they are.”
“Come on, look at these wounded soldiers.”
“Given their known fighting skills, they shouldn't have been beaten this badly.”
In Chinese martial and military narratives, having recognized combat skill ('两下子') creates high performance expectations, making severe defeats surprising and subject to skepticism.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cannot go so far as; unlikely to be that bad
Commonly used to dismiss an exaggeration or express that an outcome should not be as extreme as claimed.
injured to this extent
A spoken resultative construction describing an alarming degree of injury or damage.
Softens the assertion into a tentative conjecture seeking confirmation or sharing doubt.
