我就带着女儿回娘家住
“I'll take my daughter back to my family home.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你也可以把我休掉
“You can divorce me if you want.”
我就带着 女儿 回娘家住
“I'll take my daughter back to my family home.”
我爸不是你
“My father isn't like you.”
“Go ahead and divorce me; I have somewhere to go and I'm taking our daughter with me.”
In traditional and contemporary Chinese culture, a married woman threatening to 'return to her maiden home' signifies a major domestic crisis and an ultimate form of marital protest.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
return to one's maternal home
A very common expression used by a married woman referring to visiting or returning to her biological parents' house.