都说我寿不长了
“They all say I'm dying.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
也找医生看过 开了好多药不管用啊
“I saw a doctor and took many pills, but nothing helped.”
都说 我 寿不长了
“They all say I'm dying.”
杨辉他爸 赵凯他爸商量了
“Yang Hui's dad and Zhao Kai's dad talked it over.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional Chinese communities, elderly people often discuss lifespan (寿) bluntly when medical interventions fail, resigning themselves to fate.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
short lifespan; not living long
A colloquial and somewhat blunt way to describe a person with poor health or an impending early death.
Indicates a newly realized change of state or inescapable conclusion regarding life expectancy.