若再晚上个把时辰 恐怕就药石难救了
“If delayed another hour or so, I'm afraid no medicine could have saved her.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
太后的情况实在凶险
“Her Majesty's condition was truly critical.”
若再晚上 个把时辰 恐怕 就 药石难救 了
“If delayed another hour or so, I'm afraid no medicine could have saved her.”
谢谢你
“Thank you.”
“You got me here just in time; any later and she would have died.”
A 'shichen' (时辰) corresponds to two modern hours, reflecting traditional temporal reckoning often seen in period dramas.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
an hour or two (traditional time unit)
Use '个把' before traditional or colloquial units of measurement to mean 'about one or two'.
beyond medical cure; incurable by any remedy
A formal idiom used to describe terminal illness or irreversible crisis where medical interventions fail.
Marks a hypothetical change of state resulting in an irreversible outcome.
