我还能做什么 可你以消耗自己的身体
“what else can I do? But you are doing this by spending”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
要是这也不能做
“If I can't even do this,”
我还能做什么 可你以消耗 自己的 身体
“what else can I do? But you are doing this by spending”
和寿命为代价做这些 老祖宗会高兴吗
“your health and your lifespan. Would she be pleased?”
“Stop ruining your health for this; it hurts me to see you slowly kill yourself.”
In Chinese fantasy and historical narratives, characters frequently sacrifice life force (shouming) or bodily cultivation out of extreme loyalty or love.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what else can (one) do
A rhetorical phrase indicating a feeling of helplessness or limited options.
at the expense of / at the cost of
Used in formal or dramatic contexts to describe suffering a severe loss to achieve a goal.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It's just business as usual.”
“What else would I do?”
“What else can I do?”
“you still can't do anything to me.”
“I can still put in a word for you.”
“how dare you demand things from me?”