你看得到这人间疾苦
“You can see the suffering of this world”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你明明什么都知道
“You clearly know everything.”
你看得到这人间疾苦
“You can see the suffering of this world”
听得到这遍野哀鸣
“and hear the cries of misery everywhere.”
“You know people are suffering, yet you choose to do nothing about it.”
In traditional Chinese thought, individuals endowed with power or cultivation are expected to show benevolence and alleviate the suffering of ordinary mortals.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
can see / able to see
A potential complement indicating the ability or perception to witness something clearly.
sufferings of the world / hardships of human life
A classic four-character idiom describing the pain and misery endured by ordinary people.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“something painful in my life.”
“so I could perceive everything in this world.”
“Is Master Dragon Deity aware of all the worldly suffering?”