他就是想进去 再多看两眼
“He just wants to go in and take one last look.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
一天不如一天
“he's getting worse day by day.”
他就是 想进去 再多看两眼
“He just wants to go in and take one last look.”
不然他走了都不闭眼
“Otherwise, he won't rest in peace.”
“Please let him go in—he doesn't have much time left and needs closure.”
Allowing a dying relative to see loved ones ensures they can 'close their eyes' in peace, which is a profound filial and moral duty in traditional Chinese culture.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
simply wants to / just wants to
Emphasizes that the motivation is simple, humble, and should be accommodated.
take a couple more looks / gaze a bit longer
An idiomatic phrase expressing a yearning to look lingeringly at someone or something cherished.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I want to go in and see him. You are not allowed.”
“I only want to see him once.”
“I wanted to go in and investigate.”
“Am I not even allowed to see him?”
“What I imagined was that”
“He just wants to see you like this. Look at you.”