才多大啊 你就叹气 以前这条街不是这样的
“You're so young. Why are you sighing? This street didn't use to look like this.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他们店人手少
“They are short-handed here.”
才多大啊 你就叹气 以前 这条街 不是这样的
“You're so young. Why are you sighing? This street didn't use to look like this.”
现在都没了
“Now, everything is gone.”
“You're too young to be sighing like an old man! Let me tell you how things used to be.”
Chinese cultural wisdom frowns upon frequent sighing by young people, believing it dissipates one's vital energy (气) and fortune.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
just how old (implying 'still so young')
Commonly used to tease or admonish someone for showing world-weariness or adopting adult pretenses at a young age.
to sigh; to heave a sigh
Often associated in Chinese culture with carrying excessive stress, melancholy, or bad luck.
Infuses the rhetorical question with informal, playful, and colloquial emphasis.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“How old is he? Seventeen, almost 18. His real age.”
“Do you know how old he is? He's almost sixty.”
“How old were you? How old are you now?”
“How great it is now! You guys grew up. Look.”
“How old are you? Drinking?”
“How old are you? How can you still be so simple-minded?”