现在癌症并不是一定不能治的
“Cancer is not necessarily untreatable now.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I told him to come back to Shanghai for treatment.”
现在癌症 并不是一定不能 治 的
“Cancer is not necessarily untreatable now.”
“At the very least, it could improve his quality of life.”
“Do not give up before you even try; there is still significant medical hope.”
Many older Chinese view severe diagnoses like cancer as a death sentence, requiring relatives to actively persuade and support them through urban advanced healthcare.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
is certainly not / by no means
Used to firmly counter an assumption or stereotype held by the listener.
definitely cannot
A strong double negative collocation used here within a negated statement to soften fatalism.
Placed at the end of the clause to reinforce certainty and assert the objective truth of the statement.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Most likely, she won't survive the operation.”
“can she still be cured?”
“You have cancer? Are you kidding me?”
“What if I get cancer? Pooh! It's impossible.”
“If you've made your decision and choose to stop her treatment,”
“If he doesn't get treatment now, it will be too late.”