说什么他们也不能不管您
“they can't ignore their obligations to you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
您和老先生 都已经领证这么久了
“Since you and your husband were officially married for so long,”
说什么 他们 也不 能 不管 您
“they can't ignore their obligations to you.”
其实 我也不想起诉他们
“The truth is, I didn't actually want to sue them.”
“You have the law and morality on your side; they have no right to abandon you.”
Chinese society and civil law impose strict legal and moral obligations on children to provide for elderly parents and their legally married spouses.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
no matter what / under any circumstance
Used at the start of a clause to assert that an outcome must happen regardless of excuses.
cannot just ignore / cannot shirk responsibility for
A double negative used to emphasize mandatory duty or moral obligation toward someone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But if they really go all out,”
“You can't just abandon him.”
“I still care about him.”
“No matter”
“But we can't just let those scoundrels get away with it.”
“That doesn't mean we should spoil them!”