这不好说吧 年头一长
“It's hard to say. Over time, no one can endure the harsh life on the mountain.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不太可能自请封山 转头又私自潜逃
“Given Xu Qingyun's character, it's unlikely he would request to seal the mountain and then secretly flee.”
这不 好说 吧 年头一长
“It's hard to say. Over time, no one can endure the harsh life on the mountain.”
“Over time, no one can endure the harsh life on the mountain. Maybe they just ran away along some path.”
“Do not be so certain; people crack when suffering goes on for years.”
Chinese narrative discourse frequently balances lofty ideals of moral self-confinement against the inevitable frailty of human endurance over time.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
hard to say / uncertain
A common conversational hedge used to cast polite doubt on someone else's definitive claim.
as time goes on / after a long stretch of years
Used to introduce an inevitable shift in attitude or condition caused by the passage of time.
Softens the disagreement into an exploratory supposition rather than an aggressive contradiction.
