必须得抱上外孙女
“before I turn 60."”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这可是我妈妈 跟我说的啊 妈妈六十岁之前
“here I quote my mom. "I must have a grandchild”
必须得 抱上外孙女
“before I turn 60."”
所以呢
“So,”
“My mother is pressuring me, so what are your intentions about our future?”
In Chinese culture, aging parents often set explicit age deadlines for their adult children to marry and bear grandchildren, a pressure adult children frequently pass along to dating partners.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
must absolutely; have to
A double-emphasis structure used in spoken Chinese to stress an unavoidable necessity or strong requirement.
to hold a granddaughter (from one's daughter)
A common colloquial idiom used by or regarding grandparents expressing the wish to welcome a newborn grandchild into the family.