是我跟他爸做得不好
“Is it that his dad and I didn't do well?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
庄庄 你跟我说
“Zhuang Zhuang, tell me.”
是我 跟他爸 做得不好
“Is it that his dad and I didn't do well?”
还是我们阿银做得不好
“Or is it Shunyin's problem?”
“Please tell me honestly if our parenting or behavior is to blame for this mess.”
Chinese parents often shoulder moral and practical responsibility for their children's marital or emotional problems, reflexively examining their own parenting.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
did not do well; fell short
A standard self-reflective phrase used to admit inadequacy or poor performance politely.
his father / his dad
A very common colloquial way for a mother to refer to her husband in domestic conversations.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He looked more and more like his dad.”
“My dad has always felt guilty.”
“he may not have been a responsible father;”
“can't be dragged down by his father anymore.”
“He wanted to earn virtue for his father.”
“It was his father who caused your father to be disabled. Does that not matter?”