反正也活不了几年了
“I don't have many years left anyway.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
反正 也 活不了几年 了
“I don't have many years left anyway.”
周舟就是不见我他也能好好的
“Zhou Zhou would be just fine even without me.”
“I'm running out of time, but I suppose they are better off without an old burden like me.”
Elderly parents in China sometimes use harsh self-pity or reminders of mortality to mask grief over estranged or distant children.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
won't live for many more years
An expression used by elderly individuals to express fatalism or release others from feeling obliged to care for them.
Emphasizes the change of state toward impending old age and mortality.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I doubt he has long to live.”
“She likely won't last much longer.”
“♪ Memories feel just like the songs I once sang for you ♪ They wouldn't have lived much longer anyway.”
“it was said she wouldn't reach adulthood.”