比这更难闻的味道我都闻过
“I've smelled worse things.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这算什么难闻的
“This is nothing.”
比这更 难闻 的味道我都闻过
“I've smelled worse things.”
烧死人的
“Like burning bodies.”
“You are making a big deal out of nothing; I have endured far worse.”
In Chinese conversational banter, older or more seasoned individuals frequently downplay hardship by invoking severe past experiences to prove toughness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
even more ... than this
A comparative structure used to emphasize that another extreme surpasses the current reference point.
I have smelled even that before / I've experienced it all
Using 'dou' here emphasizes inclusiveness and deep familiarity with unpleasant things.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“That's why I always wanted to be near her.”
“The smell here is really bad.”
“That fragrance, to me,”
“That repulsive scent on you is something”
“for letting me know”
“You can smell that from that far away?”