非得让一个插满管子的老人
“to force a man hooked up to tubes”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
有谁有那么闲哪
“Who would go out of their way”
非得让 一个插满管子的 老人
“to force a man hooked up to tubes”
过来开庭
“to come to court?”
“It is completely heartless and ridiculous to drag a dying old person into court.”
In Chinese legal disputes, public sentiment and moral appeals regarding elderly care and health often carry significant emotional weight against strictly procedural demands.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to stubbornly insist on doing something contrary to reason
Use this adverb to emphasize unreasonable stubbornness or an unnecessary, burdensome demand.
hooked up to numerous medical tubes
A vivid colloquial phrase used to depict someone who is critically ill or in intensive care.