活不下去的时候 那就不能算是个人了
“to desperation, he won't be considered as a man.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
如果人被逼得
“If a man is driven”
活不下去 的时候 那就 不能 算是 个人了
“to desperation, he won't be considered as a man.”
“Why can't he be considered as a man?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese philosophy and literature, the tension between basic physiological survival and moral dignity (behaving like a true human) is a recurring tragic motif.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unable to go on living; cannot survive
A common idiom describing extreme financial, emotional, or physical distress where continuation seems impossible.
to be considered as; to count as
Use this pattern when judging whether an entity meets the criteria of a specific category.
Indicates a newly emerged state or consequential outcome under the conditional premise.
