虚两岁的话不是二十八吗 不就是奔三十去的吗
“What about nominal age? Add two years, and that's 28, right? You're almost 30 anyway.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你儿子才二十六岁 那你虚岁呢
“Your son is only 26. What about nominal age? Add two years, and that's 28, right?”
虚两岁的话 不是 二十八 吗 不就是 奔三十 去的 吗
“What about nominal age? Add two years, and that's 28, right? You're almost 30 anyway.”
“Don't act like twenty-six is young; by traditional count, he's practically thirty.”
Chinese culture traditionally uses nominal age counting from conception, and the threshold of turning thirty (san shi er li) brings intense social expectations regarding marriage and career establishment.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
adding two years according to the traditional nominal age system
Used when referring to traditional Chinese age calculation (xusui) relative to actual chronological age.
approaching thirty years old
Common informal expression describing people in their late twenties nearing their thirties.
Forms rhetorical questions that press the listener for agreement.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I am in my thirties, not eighteen.”
“as if you were still kids.”
“We've already passed 25. We aren't teenagers anymore.”
“I'm over 3,000 years older.”
“You are not a child anymore.”
“It'll be too late when she is 30 years old.”