也不知道他在想些什么 这岁数这么熬哪受得了
“I don't know what he's thinking. It must be hard for an old man like him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
也不知道 他在想些 什么 这岁数 这么熬哪受得了
“I don't know what he's thinking. It must be hard for an old man like him.”
“You have to persuade him. That's impossible.”
“He is going to kill himself if he keeps this up, and we need to do something about it.”
In Chinese culture, enduring hardships through '熬' (staying up / enduring) past middle age is seen as dangerous, triggering strong collective worry and interventions among relatives.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
at this age; given one's advanced age
Spoken idiom highlighting physical vulnerability due to older age.
how can one possibly endure it; who could stand that
A common rhetorical structure used to emphasize that physical or mental strain exceeds human limits.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I don't understand what he's thinking.”
“I wonder what he's doing.”
“Otherwise, I don't know how he would have survived all these years.”
“I don't know what he's been busy with.”
“God knows what he's thinking.”
“I can't understand what he's really thinking,”