是一辈子 都不可能过去的
“such a thing is unforgettable in his life.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这种事对子秋来说
“To Ziqiu,”
是 一辈子 都不可能过去 的
“such a thing is unforgettable in his life.”
我欠了就是欠了
“I owed him a debt.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese familial ethics, moral and emotional debts (欠情) can last a lifetime and cannot be easily erased by casual apologies or the passage of time.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a lifetime / all one's life
Used as an adverbial or time measure to emphasize the permanence or enduring nature of an emotion, promise, or grievance.
get past (an issue) / get over it
Used here in the potential negative form (不可能过去的) to express psychological inability to move on from a trauma.
Functions at the end of the clause to assert the truth or certainty of the speaker's conviction.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Let alone this is a lifelong matter.”
“you may never leave.”
“his whole life would surely be ruined!”
“carry lifelong wounds and shame that we don't want others to know about.”
“This is a lifetime decision.”
“won't his whole life be finished before it starts?”