也不是一夜之间就会消失的
“won't disappear overnight. But that doesn't mean he still has the strength”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
毕竟四十年的习惯
“After all, forty years of habit”
也不是 一夜之间 就 会 消失 的
“won't disappear overnight. But that doesn't mean he still has the strength”
但是不代表大爷还有力气
“But that doesn't mean he still has the strength”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese speakers often appeal to time and accumulated experience (e.g., decades of habit) to advocate patience or rational acceptance of enduring behaviors.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it is not either / it doesn't mean
Used to soften a perspective or introduce a counterbalancing fact during reasoning.
overnight / all of a sudden
A common idiom describing rapid, drastic changes, equivalent to 'overnight' in English.
Affirms certainty and objective truth at the end of an explanatory statement.
