第二年第三百五十五天

[nnozomi]

语法
或者 + V1 + 或者 + V2 "do either X or Y"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Providing_two_options_with_double_%22huozhe%22

词汇
西北, northwest; 西餐, Western food; 西方, west; 西南, southwest; 西医, Western medicine 西北 xīběi, northwest; 西餐 xīcān, Western food; 西方 xīfāng, west; 西南 xīnán, southwest; 西医 xīyī, Western medicine
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
[no double 或者]
立马调档一下西北山区的历史, immediately check the documents on the history of the northwestern mountains
那请问您是中医还是西医呢? may I ask if you are a Western or a traditional Chinese doctor?

Me:
或者做作业或者睡得早，反正不要打游戏熬夜啊。
今天我想要吃西餐，那家商店的汉堡非常好吃。

Comments

[grayswandir]

Yeah, "just a translation convention" is pretty much what I assume as well, though I'm also always sort of perplexed that any other countries exist on Haixing at all, since it seems like everything historically important is centered around Dragon City, and there's no indication of Dixingren trying to escape to other places, or any mentions of travel abroad or anything. And hah, yes, I also assumed, based on the name, that the planet was mostly water! Maybe with just one continent, even. Otherwise I end up wondering about the war 10,000 years ago, and whether it was worldwide or the rest of the world was uninhabitable or what...

[trobadora]

since it seems like everything historically important is centered around Dragon City, and there's no indication of Dixingren trying to escape to other places

If the only passage to Dixing is in Dragon City, then it makes sense to me that everything would centre around that place. Some Dixingren probably did just quietly leagve the area and ended up living elsewhere.

It looks like back in the day it was easier to get from Dixing to the surface (and vice versa?), considering all those people migrating after the meteor strike. But it could still be that whatever method they used only let them reach one particular area. In which case on ohter continents people were struggling with the aftermath of the meteor but didn't have a superpowered war to contend with as well ...

So much potential for worldbuilding, I love it! :D