也是父母生 父母养的
“The judges at the Intermediate People's Court were raised by parents too.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
中院的法官
“The judges at the Intermediate People's Court were raised by parents too.”
也是 父母生 父母养 的
“The judges at the Intermediate People's Court were raised by parents too.”
我才不相信
“I don't believe”
“They are flesh and blood just like us, so don't treat them like untouchable gods.”
Invoking 'born and raised by parents' is a classic rhetorical device in Chinese culture to level the playing field against formidable authority figures, stressing that underneath their titles, everyone shares common human weaknesses.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
born of parents
Often paired with '父母养' to emphasize basic shared humanity, vulnerability, or common moral obligations.
raised by parents
Used in idiomatic expressions emphasizing that someone is a normal human being with familial origins.
Affirms the descriptive property of being ordinary humans, conveying conviction.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If he'd ended up with monsters,”
“And both sets of parents too. They've failed one generation.”
“Parents were all once children themselves.”
“His foster parents are also good to him.”