只要老头子不死
“As long as I'm alive,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
放心吧 长玉
“Don't worry, Changyu.”
只要 老头子 不死
“As long as I'm alive,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Subordinates or family associates often tie their obligations directly to the survival of the master or elder rather than an abstract cause.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
as long as; provided that
Used at the start of a clause to set the sole necessary condition for the subsequent action.
old man; patriarch
An informal, sometimes slightly irreverent or affectionate term for an elder or authority figure.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“That old man passed away on the Chinese New Year's Eve.”
“Actually, I was hoping that the old man would die soon.”
“Stop paying attention to those middle-aged guys.”
“Also, there's no need to worry about Old Man.”
“I do want immortality,”
“where my grandfather wouldn't have to die.”