他现在可有出息了
“He's doing really well now.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他现在 可有 出息了
“He's doing really well now.”
那个头长得比他爸都高
“He's taller than his dad”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
A child being '有出息' (promising/successful) is one of the highest sources of social pride (面子) and emotional validation for Chinese parents and relatives.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
promising / successful / making good
A quintessential praise used by older Chinese generations to describe a younger person becoming prosperous or accomplished.
so... / extraordinarily...
An emphatic spoken colloquial frame used to stress an intense quality or state.
Functions here in combination with '可' to add vivid emphasis to the degree of success.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“How is he now?”
“Now that all the bones in his body have been shattered,”
“Even if he is a prisoner now,”
“like yours are really getting better.”