那肚里的岂不是也没了命?
“wouldn't whatever is in your belly die too?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我不会被它吃掉吧? 你若死了
“Is it going to eat me alive? If you die,”
那肚里的 岂不是 也 没了 命?
“wouldn't whatever is in your belly die too?”
不好了 不得了了 胎动了 胎动了 胎动
“Oh no! It's moving! It's moving! It's moving.”
“It won't kill you because it needs you alive to survive.”
Chinese speakers often employ rhetorical questions introduced by '岂不是' to force the listener to recognize an obvious logical truth and quell irrational panic.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
wouldn't that mean / isn't it
A rhetorical particle combination used to emphasize an obvious logical consequence.
lose one's life / die
An expressive, colloquial way to describe death or meeting a lethal end.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“keep this secret”
“I feel like I'm being completely drained.”
“This one in my belly”
“Why doesn't he want to stay alive?”
“The stomach is not to be mistreated. That is true.”
“You can't stay on an empty stomach. It'll make your stomach hurt more.”