另外那个男的还有口气 送到医院去抢救了
“The man was still breathing. He was sent to the hospital.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“She was already dead when we arrived.”
另外 那个 男的 还有口气 送到 医院去 抢救 了
“The man was still breathing. He was sent to the hospital.”
报警的是他们家保姆
“The nanny called it in.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
The phrase '还有口气' reflects the traditional Chinese view of breath/qi as the fundamental biological sign of life, commonly used even in modern everyday speech to indicate survival.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
barely breathing; clinging to life
A vivid colloquial idiom meaning someone is still alive, though critically wounded or near death.
to give emergency medical treatment; to resuscitate
Used in medical and emergency situations to refer to saving someone whose life is in imminent danger.
Marks the completion of an action and the resulting new state (having been dispatched to the hospital).
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Your tone just now was very strange.”
“There wasn't time for him to cover his mouth and nose.”
“why is there such a heavy smell of corpses?”
“There's this anger stuck in my chest.”
“You're still mad about what happened earlier?”
“You should really do something about your bad breath.”