一辈子都得吃药打针
“and you'll be on medication forever. What are you talking about?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
生不了孩子
“Otherwise, you won't be able to have kids, and you'll be on medication forever.”
一辈子 都得 吃药打针
“and you'll be on medication forever. What are you talking about?”
你说啥呢
“What are you talking about?”
“My life is ruined by this endless sickness.”
In Chinese culture, serious chronic illness and the inability to bear children can be seen as devastating blows to personal and family continuity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
for a lifetime / all one's life
Frequently used to emphasize the unending duration or permanence of a situation.
taking medicine and getting injections
A common colloquial pairing referring broadly to medical treatments and illness.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I've always been frail and sick, taking medicine daily.”
“- What's the matter? - and had to seek long-term medical treatment.”
“Those medicines don't seem to work either.”
“I must”
“and her mental state didn't improve in years.”
“keeps recurring, it's serious.”