母子二人艰难度日
“the two of them scraping by with great hardship.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
小安的母亲带着小安
“An's mother raised him there,”
母子二人 艰难度日
“the two of them scraping by with great hardship.”
但猎场困苦
“But life at the hunting grounds was harsh.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Formal four-character idioms are frequently employed in Chinese historical exposition to convey gravity and evoke pathos.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to eke out a meager and difficult living
A formal written four-character idiom suitable for recounting prolonged hardship or poverty.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“that no matter how hard life gets,”
“Her Highness and the child will both die!”
“We're a family. Any misunderstanding can be resolved.”
“everything together all these years.”
“he didn't even care about the lives of you and your son.”
“you and your mother would've died in the palace long ago!”