你早晚要走的
“You're going to leave sooner or later,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
姐夫能替隼隼跟我拉钩吗
“Can you pinky-promise me for the falcon?”
你 早晚 要走的
“You're going to leave sooner or later,”
对吗
“aren't you?”
“No matter how nice you are now, you won't stay forever, so why make promises?”
Chinese speakers, especially younger dependents, often articulate painful truths bluntly ('早晚要走的') as a protective defense mechanism against the pain of future separation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
sooner or later
Used before a verb phrase to indicate that an event is completely inevitable in due time.
Placed at the end of the clause to assert certainty and confirm an inevitable outcome.