他顶多付赡养费
“He just needs to pay for maintenance, at most.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
结果很明确
“the result is obvious.”
他 顶多 付赡养费
“He just needs to pay for maintenance, at most.”
捐不捐肾
“Whether he donates his kidney or not is his right as a citizen.”
“The law can only force him to pay money, nothing more—he cannot be coerced to donate a kidney.”
Chinese jurisprudence legally enforces financial filial maintenance (赡养), but deliberately excludes invasive medical donations, keeping a line between legal duties and moral dilemmas.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
at most; at the maximum
Used in spoken Chinese to define the absolute upper limit of an expectation or liability.
alimony; maintenance payment for elderly parents
Specifically denotes financial maintenance paid to support family dependants, especially elderly parents.