盼儿也好
“Whether it's Pan'er”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
继续上路
“Let's hit the road.”
盼儿 也好
“Whether it's Pan'er”
我也罢
“or me,”
“None of our personal issues matter right now; we are in this together.”
This grammatical pattern is used in Chinese rhetoric to express pragmatism and equanimity by treating differing parties or outcomes as equivalent.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
whether it is...; no matter if it's...
Often paired with another '也好' or '也罢' to present parallel alternatives without preference.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Pan'er is already gone.”
“Since Pan'er was your friend,”
“There was nothing between them.”
“Was there anything wrong with her that day?”
“(Hou Guangming, Vice Director) My Pan'er!”
“she'd gone to visit her in-laws,”