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"Exist on borrowed time" nghĩa là gì?
24 Dec, 2023
"Exist on borrowed time" = tồn tại bằng thời gian đi mượn -> nghĩa là sống trong trạng thái yếu đuối, có thể chết đột ngột.
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Better to live your life open rather than exist on borrowed time, waiting for the great unmasking (bộc lộ tính cách).
Webb added that the City’s water and sewer (cống rãnh) infrastructure (cơ sở hạ tầng) is old and continues to exist on borrowed time. They require constant (liên tục) attention and fixes to keep it functioning (hoạt động). Webb concluded by stating that these funds are needed to continue to receive clean drinking water. We either pay the piper now or pay an unthinkable amount later.
Hong Kong itself is arguably a city defined by its ability to resiliently (kiên cường) exist on borrowed time in the face of a constantly receding identity. It is within this context that Wu makes a point of imagining Yu Man-hon not as a symbol of suffering or something forever taken away, but as a defiant (ngang ngạnh) spirit able to roam again in this world of ours.
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