完成人生大事呢 要不然人家 都不跟我过了
“to start a family. Otherwise she'll leave me!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这结婚三年了 一直没娃 媳妇让我回去
“I've been married for three years and had no kids. My wife's making me go home”
完成 人生大事 呢 要不然 人家 都不跟我过了
“to start a family. Otherwise she'll leave me!”
妹子 你听哥跟你说
“Miss, listen to me.”
“My wife is nagging me to go home and have a baby, otherwise she's threatening to divorce me.”
In both traditional Chinese culture and modern secular contexts, getting married and continuing the family line are often seen as essential life milestones that one must fulfill, carrying the dual expectations of both family and society.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a crucial life event or milestone (typically referring specifically to marriage or having children)
Commonly used in spoken Chinese as a humorous or euphemistic way to refer to getting married or having a child.
wanting to divorce or break up with me
An extremely common colloquial expression in northern China referring to a spouse demanding a divorce or refusing to stay in the marriage.
Placed at the end of a clause to state a fact while emphasizing the current state in an explanatory, reasoning tone