咱不也都走过来了吗
“but we got through it, didn't we?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Zhacuo, listen to me. Think about it. The Mountain Patrol had it worse back then,”
咱 不也 都走 过来了 吗
“but we got through it, didn't we?”
反正我是不懂
“I don't get it anyway.”
“We survived worse together; this obstacle won't defeat us either.”
Appealing to past collective suffering is a quintessential Chinese method of building fortitude and emotional unity in difficult times.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to pull through; to survive hardships over time
Metaphorical use of 'walk over' referring to journeying through adversity and reaching the other side.
didn't [we] all also...
Used in a rhetorical question ('不也...吗') to remind the listener of an undeniable common fact.
Marks a rhetorical question expecting agreement, softening the insistence while seeking consensus.
