还能怎么过呀
“How else?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
会怎么过日子呀
“in Shanghai?”
还能怎么过 呀
“How else?”
像寻常人家一样
“Like an ordinary family.”
“It is completely normal, just like everyone else lives.”
In Chinese culture, 'living life' implies practical, humble domesticity, valuing steady routine over grand romance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how else could it be
Used rhetorically to indicate there is only one obvious or standard possibility.
to live daily life; to run a household
Commonly refers to managing everyday domestic life, often with a nuance of frugality and routine.
Softens the rhetorical tone to sound warmer, intimate, and less confrontational.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and how I should live.”
“And what if he did?”
“so how will you face each other later?”
“what good will it do?”