打算一辈子在这待下去
“(planning to stay there for the rest of my life.)”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我就应聘到了安息墓园
“(I got a job at Rest Cemetery,)”
打算 一辈子在这待下去
“(planning to stay there for the rest of my life.)”
如果一个人习惯了被抛弃
“(If someone gets used to being abandoned,)”
“Are you really giving up on life and hiding out in a cemetery forever?”
Working at a cemetery carries strong taboos and connotations of withdrawal from mainstream societal ambition in Chinese society, making a lifetime commitment to it unusual.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a whole lifetime / all one's life
Emphasizes the entirety of one's remaining life or career span.
to stay on / to continue staying
The directional complement '下去' signifies the continuation of an ongoing state.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I just want to stay here like this.”
“In the next two lives,”
“even if we devote our entire lives,”
“Then how much longer will you stay in this Mortal World,”