休息的日子一只手都能数得过来
“you could count her days off on one hand.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可不是吗 祯娘肯定是拉不回来了 她这三年啊
“Exactly. We definitely can't get Zhen back. Over the past 3 years,”
休息的日子 一只手都能数得过来
“you could count her days off on one hand.”
我们家正良去年开了砚台铺子 也是忙得不着家
“Ever since our Zhengliang opened his inkstone shop last year, he's been so busy he's hardly home, either.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese culture, enduring grueling schedules without taking days off is often spoken of with a mix of sympathetic pity and deep moral respect for one's grit and dedication to family enterprise.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
can be counted on one hand (very few)
A highly colloquial idiom used to vividly emphasize an extremely small quantity or rare frequency.
days off; rest days
Standard collocation referring to holidays or days of leisure away from work.
