你这腿伤得不轻
“your leg injury is serious.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
只是医生说
“But the doctor said”
你这腿 伤得不轻
“your leg injury is serious.”
瘸呗
“So I'll limp.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese speakers frequently use litotes like '不轻' (not light) rather than '很重' (very heavy) to soften the harshness of a grim assessment.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
severely injured / injured quite badly
A very common complement structure using double negative to emphasize that an injury is serious.