一个重病缠身的老太太 能给你做几天的靠山
“How much longer can a sick old woman support you?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“but it doesn't mean you can do anything you want.”
一个 重病缠身 的老太太 能 给你 做几天的 靠山
“How much longer can a sick old woman support you?”
“When she dies, -you will... -How dare you!”
“Your protector will die soon, and once she is gone, you are completely at my mercy.”
Deriding someone's backer as weak highlights the vulnerability of people whose authority does not stem from their own rank or strength.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
plagued by chronic or severe illness
A formal descriptive four-character idiom describing someone suffering from debilitating health.
to serve as a patron or pillar of support
Widely used to denote having a powerful person or institution backing one's actions.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Who knows how much longer Feiyan can hold on?”
“Only if she's really sick will the Master let you run the household.”
“I've been very sick for years, and my daughter needs your help.”
“I don't know if the old lady can hold on that long.”
“The old man is still lying in the hospital.”
“Shouldn't you be with your sick elder?”