凭什么是我女儿有病
“Why does my daughter have to be sick?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
凭什么
“Why?”
凭什么是我 女儿 有病
“Why does my daughter have to be sick?”
凭什么你们还这样
“Why do you still get to”
“Why does tragedy have to strike my child instead of anyone else? It is totally unfair!”
When hit by severe personal or family calamity, Chinese speakers often cry out '凭什么' to challenge the cosmic injustice of suffering.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
on what grounds / why should it be
A high-frequency rhetorical query used when vehemently questioning injustice or challenging an unfair situation.
to be sick / to have an illness
Literally means having an illness, though in colloquial slang it can also mean 'crazy' depending on context.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You have a sick daughter, right? I asked around. It's fine.”
“Don't you know your daughter's sick?”
“what makes you so sure you can cure my daughter?”
“Because you're my daughter.”
“It's all because I got sick”
“As your daughter,”