在家里相夫教子的 就像他这样的
“to stay at home and care for the family. But him?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
所有的男合伙人 个个都希望自己妻子
“You know, all the male partners at our firm each want their wives”
在家里 相夫教子 的 就像 他 这样 的
“to stay at home and care for the family. But him?”
天天托着老婆往上爬的 也就独他一份了
“He's the only one pushing his wife to climb higher.”
“Most men expect their wives to sacrifice, but he is completely reversing those traditional roles.”
'Xiang Fu Jiao Zi' is the quintessential feudal ideal of female domesticity; applying this framework to a modern husband who aids his wife's career subverts traditional patriarchal expectations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to assist one's husband and educate the children
A traditional idiom historically describing the ideal role of a virtuous wife, here applied ironically or contrastively to a man.
someone like him
Used to single out a specific person as a representative or rare example.
Functions here as a nominalizer marking the category of behavior being discussed.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“to support our husbands, raise our children, and please our husbands' families.”
“Serving one's husband and educating one's children are what a woman should do.”
“He's your husband. What's wrong with that?”
“Since it's a family matter, it should be be settled by family rules.”
“Dad knows what marriage is like.”
“Her husband sure is lucky.”