万幸没伤到骨头
“Fortunately, no bones were broken.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
昌远怎么样了
“How is Changyuan?”
万幸 没伤到骨头
“Fortunately, no bones were broken.”
侯医生说 过几天就出院了
“Dr. Hou said he'll be discharged soon.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese culture, injuries to bones are traditionally viewed as severe, requiring months of recovery ('one hundred days for broken bones'), so avoiding bone damage brings immense relief.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
by sheer luck / very fortunate
Used at the start of a sentence to express deep relief that an adverse situation wasn't worse.
injured the bone
Standard medical and colloquial phrase used when evaluating trauma or physical injury.