我将你养大
“I raised you up”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I might as well share a few heartfelt words with you.”
我将你养大
“I raised you up”
无非就是想让你成为
“only with the purpose of enabling you”
“You owe your life and achievements to me, so remember who you belong to.”
Chinese cultural ethics treat the effort of nurturing a child as an immense debt of gratitude (恩情) that mandates lifelong loyalty and obedience.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to raise to adulthood; to bring up
A resultative complement combining '养' (to nourish/rear) and '大' (grown up), implying extensive parental effort.
taking you (object marker)
A slightly formal, narrative equivalent of '把' often heard in period speech or serious conversations.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Now I've nursed you back to health.”
“you both worked so hard to raise me.”
“I can raise her.”
“and spend money on their education,”
“Then I'll keep you at home for now,”
“Do you know how hard it was to raise you?”