费了很大的力才把药给戒了
“and it took a lot of effort to quit.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Later, her mental state got worse the more she took. She felt something was wrong,”
费了很大的力 才把药给 戒了
“and it took a lot of effort to quit.”
也没让唐斯乐再吃了 她不知道唐斯乐停药之后
“She didn't let Tang Sile take it anymore either. But she didn't know that after stopping it,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In contemporary Chinese urban narratives, unregulated weight-loss or psychiatric supplements often cause accidental dependency, carrying significant social stigma when acknowledged.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
took a tremendous amount of effort / went through great pains
A common colloquial phrase used when describing an arduous, exhausting process to achieve an outcome.
only then managed to quit the medication/drugs
Combines '才' (delayed completion) with disposal structure '把...戒了' (to quit a bad habit or chemical substance).
Functions as a marker of completed action and change of state regarding kicking the habit.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Now I can't quit even if I want to.”
“wasting countless herbs to produce this single pill.”
“that one day I'd stop taking this medicine for good!”
“because of that drug, then I have even more reason to cure him—”
“I could quit drugs for you.”
“He took a drastic measure.”