一辈子受苦 永世不得翻身
“I hope you suffer for the rest of your life and will never be able to turn things around!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
早就让你们滚出歙县 滚出徽州
“kicked out of Shexian and Huizhou.”
一辈子 受苦 永世不得翻身
“I hope you suffer for the rest of your life and will never be able to turn things around!”
这么多年来
“All these years,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
'翻身' literally means to turn over in bed, but culturally symbolizes breaking free from oppression or poverty; denying someone this is a devastating curse.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to suffer hardships / to endure pain
Standard phrase for living through severe emotional or physical distress.
never to recover / condemned to perpetual ruin
An idiomatic, dramatic idiom used in curses or dire warnings denoting absolute, permanent defeat.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“would finish us for good.”
“never get back on their feet again.”
“would have lived in pain for the rest of their lives.”