怎么还咳得这么厉害？
“Why are you coughing so hard?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“then no one can help you anymore.”
怎么还 咳得这么厉害 ？
“Why are you coughing so hard?”
“Does Pei Yu's medicine even work?”
“You should be getting better by now; why isn't the medicine working?”
In Chinese culture, directly pointing out someone's lingering physical discomfort is a standard, caring way to express empathy and concern rather than an intrusion.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
why still
Used to express surprise or concern when an undesirable state continues longer than expected.
coughing so severely
A common descriptive complement construction (V + 得 + 这么厉害) used to describe acute symptoms or intense actions.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“because there are too many slugs like you. Too many.”
“You're coughing like this, -and yet… -Enough.”
“Why am I coughing again?”
“Why are you coughing again?”