对了 你那中药 还吃着呢吗
“Are you having your Chinese herbal medicine?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
子秋 还好吧 好 他还好得很
“Is Ziqiu alright? He's fine.”
对了 你那中药 还吃着呢吗
“Are you having your Chinese herbal medicine?”
“Yes, I am. Does it work? Yes.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Taking Chinese herbal medicine (喝中药/吃中药) is a common long-term conditioning practice in China, and asking about it shows intimate care for someone's well-being.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
by the way
Used at the start of a turn to abruptly transition to a remembered thought.
traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)
Refers specifically to herbal or traditional medicinal concoctions.
still taking/eating
A colloquial continuous aspect construction using 还...着呢 to denote an ongoing action.
Indicates an ongoing action in progress.
Marks a yes-no question.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You're not tending to it properly, just to make me feel pity for you?”
“I must let you have your medicine first.”
“I've already reheated the medicine twice. If they don't come back to drink it, there's nothing I can do.”
“Why? Don't you already have a prescription?”
“that none of us has been taking medicine properly?”
“Is this all the herbs?”