瘦得骨头都要凸出来了
“He was so thin you could see his bones sticking out.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“sometimes not even a single meal in two days.”
瘦得骨头都要凸出来了
“He was so thin you could see his bones sticking out.”
我见了
“Seeing that,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Everyday Chinese often relies on vivid bodily imagery (e.g., protruding bones) to elicit empathy and emphasize the severity of hardship.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
so thin that...
A descriptive complement pattern used to introduce vivid descriptions or exaggerations of extreme thinness.
protrude / stick out
A directional complement phrase describing physical features or objects jutting out visibly.
Combined with '都要' to convey an impending state or vivid imminent change ('about to...').
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“She eats very little and has lost a lot of weight.”
“What kind of advantage is that?”
“You look much thinner than before.”
“With such stiff bones,”
“He's probably completely weak.”
“But she has my build.”