哪还奢望得上那些金贵药材
“Precious medicinal materials are luxuries.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“these regular herbs and remedies in the army.”
哪还奢望得上那些 金贵 药材
“Precious medicinal materials are luxuries.”
你们刚才太无礼了
“You were being so rude just now.”
“Stop dreaming about luxury medicine; we should be grateful just to have basic supplies.”
Chinese culture frequently emphasizes accepting reality and lowering material expectations when facing hardship, prioritizing basic survival over luxury.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how could one possibly still...
A rhetorical structure used to negate an unrealistic expectation under difficult circumstances.
wildly hope for / extravagant wish
Used to describe an unrealistic desire that exceeds what one's current conditions allow.
precious / extremely valuable and delicate
An expressive spoken adjective describing objects, medicines, or people that are treated as highly valuable or fragile.