他们也活不过来了
“it won't bring them back.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
当务之急是把凶手给揪出来 就算找到了凶手
“Right now, we need to find the killer. Even if we do,”
他们也 活不过来了
“it won't bring them back.”
“Ran Fangxu, snap out of it already.”
“Wake up! No matter what you do now, the dead are still dead.”
In Chinese pragmatic discourse, invoking 'the dead cannot return' (死者不能复生) is the ultimate reality check used to force someone out of a destructive emotional tailspin.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cannot come back to life / impossible to revive
A potential complement phrase indicating that resuscitation or restoration to life is impossible.
Indicates a permanent change of state and finality, emphasizing the irremediable finality of death.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“he might not have survived.”
“definitely come back alive.”
“How is she still alive now?”
“But they are never coming back.”
“Finally, I survived a hard time.”
“But we both survived. We survived.”