但我能否活下来 当时也不知道
“but I didn't know if I'd live.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我虽信任裴医工
“I trusted Technician Pei…”
但我能否 活下来 当时 也不知道
“but I didn't know if I'd live.”
“I lied to you about why I got sick.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional contexts, survival during severe illness was seen as largely outside individual control, blending medical trust with existential resignation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
whether or not / can or cannot
A formal, concise equivalent of '能不能', frequently used in written and thoughtful spoken Chinese.
to survive / to stay alive
A directional complement construction indicating successfully enduring a life-threatening crisis.