怕是连童生都考不中
“he probably won't even pass the preliminary exams.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
怕是 连童生都考不中
“he probably won't even pass the preliminary exams.”
一
“One.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
'Tongsheng' was the lowest candidate qualification in the Keju system; failing to achieve even this status implies utter academic ineptitude.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I am afraid that; most likely; probably
Used to express a pessimistic or negative supposition in conversational Chinese.
fail to pass (a competitive examination)
A potential complement phrase indicating failure to be selected in high-stakes tests.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If my exam results aren't satisfactory... How could that be?”
“If we don't, we keep working at it.”
“if he really takes the exam,”
“Don't tell me you're giving up the spring exams?”
“instead of rejecting it”
“How can such a person pass the exams?”