- 你还活着吗? - 严格说起来 我现在是死的
“- Are you still alive? - Strictly speaking, I'm dead.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你…你怎么去啊?
“[Chiang Hua-Chih] How? What will you do?”
- 你还活着 吗 ? - 严格说起来 我现在 是 死 的
“- Are you still alive? - Strictly speaking, I'm dead.”
你到底是谁?
“Who exactly really?”
“Do not treat me like a normal living human; technically, I am already a spirit.”
In Chinese folklore and genre films, spirits often retain earthly personalities and communicate with humorous, mundane frankness about their post-mortem status.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
strictly speaking
A very common conversational framing device used to introduce technical precision or nuanced qualifications.
Marks a straightforward polar yes-no question.