都七八十岁的人了
“They're in their seventies or eighties,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
都 七八十岁 的人了
“They're in their seventies or eighties,”
“How could anyone have the heart to make such elderly people fend for themselves?”
Caring for elderly parents is considered one of the highest moral imperatives in Chinese culture; forcing parents in their seventies or eighties to do farm work is seen as deeply shameful.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
seventy or eighty years old
A standard way to express an approximate age range using adjacent numbers.
already someone of [a certain age/status]
Used to emphasize that someone's age or status makes a certain behavior inappropriate or pitiful.
Indicates a currently reached state or emphasizes that an extreme point (advanced age) has arrived.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Aged 80.”
“has now reached fifty-five.”
“elderly people.”
“After all these years,”
“I'm old.”
“-My father scolded him a lot when he was alive. -You're so old...”