呕心沥血投入了二十多年
“They poured everything they had into me for over twenty years.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他们一直以为我是颗星星
“They always saw me as their star.”
呕心沥血 投入 了 二十多年
“They poured everything they had into me for over twenty years.”
就指望着我
“Just waiting for the day”
“Their immense sacrifice suffocates me because I cannot bear the thought of failing them.”
Chinese parents often dedicate their entire livelihood to their child's success ('望子成龙'), which can transform parental love into a heavy psychological debt for the child.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
pour out one's heart and soul / work one's heart out
A formal idiom used to describe painstaking, selfless labor or dedication over a long period.
invested more than twenty years
Useful for emphasizing a prolonged emotional, temporal, or financial commitment.
Indicates the culmination of a completed, ongoing state of sacrifice spanning over twenty years.
