如今勉强以药力维持
“He's barely sustained by medicine right now.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他还能活多久
“how much longer can he live?”
如今 勉强 以 药力维持
“He's barely sustained by medicine right now.”
或许三年五载
“Maybe a few years.”
“He is on borrowed time, and medicine can only do so much.”
In traditional Chinese medicine narratives, practitioners describe life-limiting conditions with measured gravity rather than definitive finality to prepare relatives emotionally.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
nowadays / at present
A formal written and spoken marker indicating the current state or situation, often setting up a contrast with the past.
barely / with difficulty / reluctantly
Used to describe achieving an outcome only with significant struggle or falling just short of comfort.
sustain or maintain by means of...
A classical, formal construction used to denote keeping a situation or life going via a specific instrument.
