你学得来 命都没了
“It'll kill you if you try that.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“That basket weighs hundreds of catties.”
你学得来 命都没了
“It'll kill you if you try that.”
“Don't be foolish; you will get yourself killed trying to pull that off.”
In Chinese colloquial culture, speakers frequently exaggerate bodily harm or mortality to shock someone into abandoning impractical ideas.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
able to master or imitate successfully
Use this potential complement structure to describe having the capability to learn a complex skill.
even your life would be lost
A vivid exaggeration used in colloquial Chinese to dissuade someone from taking reckless risks.
Signifies a change of state, dramatizing the hypothetical consequence of death.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“♪ And waiting to meet someone again ♪ so you can't study or shake me off. ♪ Wave goodbye ♪”
“Are you in? Yes or no?”
“What do I learn from you? How to waste money?”
“If you want to learn, ask your boss.”
“You're the one who should be learning. Come with me.”
“Learned from you. - I'm leaving. - Take care.”