所以他当不了大夫
“so he couldn't become a doctor.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“He couldn't even hold a scalpel steady,”
所以他 当不了 大夫
“so he couldn't become a doctor.”
看着那些医药代表都挣了很多钱
“Seeing all those pharmaceutical reps making big money,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
While 'yisheng' is standard across China, 'daifu' is a deeply ingrained Northern colloquial term that adds an intimate, authentic conversational flavor.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cannot become / unable to serve as
A common potential complement indicating inability to hold a professional role or fulfill a responsibility.
doctor / physician
A very common colloquial term for doctor, especially prevalent in Northern spoken Mandarin.
