仵作真不是人干的
“Being a coroner is not something humans should do.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
娘亲我不行
“Mother, I can't do this.”
仵作 真不是 人 干的
“Being a coroner is not something humans should do.”
那个
“Um…”
“Please do not force me to do this work; it is inhumane and disgusting.”
In traditional China, coroners handled corpses and were considered part of an unclean, low-status caste, making the profession physically revolting and socially undesirable.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
truly not fit for a human; inhumanly tough work
A very common colloquial idiom used to complain that a job or task is unimaginably grueling, disgusting, or exhausting.
Functions in the '是...的' construction to assert and emphasize the speaker's strong subjective judgment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Becoming a coroner is your life's pursuit.”
“I've been a coroner for many years and never seen anything like it.”
“(I vowed to become an excellent coroner,)”
“I must find my own path”
“training coroners is never something done overnight.”
“Compared to those professional coroners,”