义父对我恩重如山
“My adoptive father showed me great kindness.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
娘
“Mother!”
义父对我 恩重如山
“My adoptive father showed me great kindness.”
若不是他
“If not for him,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese moral philosophy, parental kindness (even from adoptive parents) is considered an unpayable debt ('as heavy as a mountain'), demanding absolute loyalty and filial devotion.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
benevolence as heavy as a mountain; immense kindness
A formal idiom used to describe enormous gratitude and lifelong obligation for someone's life-changing kindness.
adoptive father or godfather
A traditional, respectful term used to address or refer to an adoptive father or sworn father figure.
