而是被亲生父母卖掉的
“but was sold by my own parents.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Those traffickers said I wasn't taken away at all,”
而是被 亲生父母 卖掉的
“but was sold by my own parents.”
我本来还不信来着
“I didn't believe it at first.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Because traditional Chinese culture holds filial bonds and parental devotion as sacred, abandonment or sale by biological parents is regarded as the ultimate moral violation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
biological parents
Used to contrast explicitly with adoptive parents or guardians.
sell off
A resultative verb compound combining 'to sell' with 'off/away', emphasizing completion and alienation.
Functions in the 'shi... de' construction to emphasize the agent and manner of an established past event.
