你们 总不能住在这桥洞底下吧
“You... live under this bridge.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“That's for sure. But before they go back,”
你们 总不能 住 在这 桥洞底下吧
“You... live under this bridge.”
你们得找个住处啊
“You need to find a place to stay.”
“Living under a bridge is completely out of the question; you must find a real place.”
Having a proper roof over one's head is considered a fundamental baseline for human dignity and stability in Chinese society.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
surely cannot; it is unacceptable to
Used to introduce a boundary of what is reasonable or acceptable, urging the listener to reject an extreme situation.
under the bridge; bridge opening
Commonly evokes homelessness or makeshift, impoverished shelter.
Softens the rhetorical question while prompting agreement and action from the listener.