儿子都死了 还赖在媳妇家
“Your son is dead, yet you still sponge off your daughter-in-law!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
自作孽不可活呀
“I've brought this suffering on myself.”
儿子 都 死了 还赖在媳妇家
“Your son is dead, yet you still sponge off your daughter-in-law!”
老不正经
“You shameless old fool!”
“You have no right to stay here anymore; get out and stop burdening this family.”
In patriarchal custom, a parent relies on their son; once the son passes away, remaining dependent on a daughter-in-law without blood ties was often stigmatized by detractors.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to cling to; to hang around unwanted; to mooch off
Used with a negative connotation to describe someone refusing to leave a place where they are not welcome.
daughter-in-law's house/family
Refers to the household or family of one's wife or daughter-in-law, often contrasted with the paternal ancestral home.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“her parents and relatives have all died of old age.”
“He said his whole family is dead.”
“every last one of my sons dies,”
“My family is dead.”
“and my parents were gone.”
“Your daughter won't die. The Qiao family's carrying her.”