以前张放 还说我拖油瓶
“Zhang Fang used to call me a tagalong.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
挺丢脸的这事
“is pretty embarrassing.”
以前 张放 还说 我 拖油瓶
“Zhang Fang used to call me a tagalong.”
现在也没人敢说了
“Now nobody dares say it.”
“I haven't forgotten how they used to treat me like worthless baggage.”
In traditional patriarchal Chinese society, children from a wife's previous marriage were pejoratively called 'drag-oil bottles' because they consumed resources without carrying the new father's lineage.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a child brought by a remarrying woman into a new marriage; a burden
Historically a derogatory term for stepchildren, frequently extended colloquially to mean an unwanted burden or dead weight.
even called me; even criticized me as
Used when recounting an extreme or hurtful accusation made by another person.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“This is Zhang Fang. How is Zhang Fang?”
“It's Zhang Fang's place. Is Zhang Fang's mom okay?”
“Zhang Fang's mom dragged me to get it done.”
“You're really not cool, Zhang Fang.”
“Why do you think Zhang Fang changed his name?”
“Luckily, Zhang Fang is dumb. He didn't figure out it was us.”