不应该生这个娃
“and had this baby?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Should I not have gotten married”
不应该生 这个 娃
“and had this baby?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Admitting regret over having children is heavily taboo in traditional Chinese family ethics, indicating the speaker has reached a breaking point.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
should not have
Used to express moral self-reproach or deep retrospect regret about past actions.
to give birth to a child
A highly colloquial, intimate way to refer to having children.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“or that you treat her badly after she's born,”
“she might as well hurry up and bear a son.”
“will I not be able to have children?”
“I shouldn't have married you and had this child.”
“You won't have to bear children for them anymore.”
“I'm afraid the higher-ups don't want to cause more trouble.”