这段日子 要不是你一直撑着
“If you hadn't held things together all this time,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我怎么可以和范云大人相提并论 我都听朱鸾说了
“How could I possibly be compared to Lady Fan Yun? Zhu Luan told me everything.”
这段日子 要不是你 一直撑着
“If you hadn't held things together all this time,”
这个药铺早成活死人堆了 你功不可没
“this pharmacy would've become a house full of the living dead. You've done an incredible job.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese culture, stating the disastrous outcome that would have occurred without someone's help is a classic high-respect form of expressing deep gratitude.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
these days, this period of time
A very natural spoken phrase referring back to an extended period of hardship or change.
if it weren't for...
Crucial conditional connector used to introduce a counterfactual scenario, usually followed by praise or relief.
holding out continuously, keeping things afloat
Used to praise resilience and persistence through physically or mentally exhausting circumstances.
Aspect marker denoting the ongoing continuation of the difficult state of enduring/holding out.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“These days, I've been thinking...”
“All these days, I've worried about you.”
“These days, I have thought it through.”
“These days, I dream about her every night.”
“My days are numbered.”
“...how you've managed to endure these past days.”