那会儿追得那么来劲的 现在咋 娃病了
“You pursued her so passionately. And now? The kid is sick.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
弄啥呢你
“What were you doing?”
那会儿 追得那么 来劲 的 现在咋 娃病了
“You pursued her so passionately. And now? The kid is sick.”
想把他娘儿俩抛弃了
“And you're abandoning them?”
“You were all over her before, and now that things are hard, you want to run away like a coward?”
In Chinese culture, pursuing someone seriously creates a moral obligation to stick by them during family crises such as illness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
pursuing or wooing with immense enthusiasm
Use colloquially to describe someone pursuing a romantic interest or goal with high energy.
how come now / why suddenly like this
A dialectal/colloquial shorthand to highlight an abrupt, unreasonable shift in someone's attitude.
Marks the newly emerged situation of the child falling ill, intensifying the moral contrast.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“She wouldn't let you pursue her, but you did anyway.”
“This way! Go after him! Hurry!”
“Right now, sending anyone else won't help.”
“yet you chased us this far. You all have good stamina, huh?”
“I was young. I just wanted fast money.”
“He wasn't like this when he was courting me.”