Chinese for Specific and Professional Purposes by Hongyin Tao & Howard Hao-Jan Chen

Author:Hongyin Tao & Howard Hao-Jan Chen
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789811395055
Publisher: Springer Singapore

(14)拖著病軀緩緩行至終點

Tuōzhe-bìngqū-huǎnhuǎn-xíng-zhì-zhōngdiǎn

drag-ZHE-ailing-body-slowly-walk-to-destination

‘Dragging the ailing body and slowly advancing to the destination’.

The examples discussed so far have clearly shown how ordinary Chinese expressions—ranging from descriptions of various physical states of being to different kinds of journeys—are realized to metaphorically characterize end-of-life topics, including aging, becoming ill, and dying. The DEATH IS DEPARTURE metaphor has long been manifested crosslinguistically and cross-culturally. The following examples in (15) employing the system of locations demonstrate the concept of departure for death. When a person dies, he or she leaves the last station of the journey and says good-bye forever to people. When a person dies, he or she completes a performance or finishes a game, and takes a bow, leaving the stage forever.

(15)離開人世的最後月台

Líkāi-rénshì-de-zuìhòu-yuètái

leave-human-world-DE-final-station-platform

‘Departing from the world’

與世長辭

Yǔ-shì-zhǎng-cí

With- world-long-resign

‘Departing from the world for long’

終曲謝幕

Zhōngqǔ-xièmù

Finale-take a curtain call

‘Taking a curtain call from life’.

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