活人比死人重要
“The living matter more than the dead.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
活着就好好活
“Everybody dies. Live well while you're alive.”
活人比死人重要
“The living matter more than the dead.”
“Ren Meiyan, come on, photo time. Coming. Hurry up.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
While filial piety and honoring the dead are deep-rooted, Chinese folk philosophy strongly balances this with practical resilience, urging the living to move forward.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the living; living person
A colloquial contrast word to '死人' (the dead), used when contrasting ongoing life with grief.
more important than...
Standard comparative frame to emphasize priority between two concepts or entities.