就算是熟练的代笔先生也得抄很久
“would need quite a while to copy all those essays I gave you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我给你的那些文章
“Even a seasoned ghostwriter”
就算是 熟练 的 代笔先生 也 得 抄很久
“would need quite a while to copy all those essays I gave you.”
“How could you possibly be out so soon?”
“There is no way you actually finished it that fast; you must be cutting corners or cheating.”
In traditional and early modern China, high illiteracy rates gave rise to the 'daibi xiansheng'—typically impoverished scholars operating near markets or government offices who earned a living writing letters, drafting petitions, or copying books for commoners, renowned for their swift and practiced penmanship.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
even if... still must... / even in an extreme or hypothetical case, it still requires...
Used in concessive hypothetical sentences to emphasize the unavoidable necessity or sheer difficulty of the main action.
a professional scribe or amanuensis hired to write letters, copy texts, or draft documents
A historical term; modern spoken Chinese generally uses 'qiangshou' (ghostwriter) or 'daibi' (scribing/ghostwriting) instead.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“from here and there,”
“Does he have to do it now?”
“"innocent until proven guilty" 1000 times.”
“Pass the pens around. Okay.”
“Take notes properly, alright? I need to copy them when you get back.”
“These 2 obviously have the same drawing style by the same person. Look at this part.”