我已经拖累你们三十年了
“I've already been a burden for thirty years.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但我不治了 你们回去过好自己的日子
“But I'm not doing the treatment. Just go home and live your own lives.”
我已经 拖累你们三十年 了
“I've already been a burden for thirty years.”
“I won't let your families be torn apart because of me.”
“Please stop spending money on me and save your own family before my illness ruins everyone.”
Prolonged chronic illness often leads Chinese patients to feel immense guilt for exhausting collective family wealth, leading some to voluntarily forgo treatment to preserve their descendants' future.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to encumber; to drag someone down; to be a burden on
Essential colloquial term used when one feels their personal circumstances or illness impose hardships on loved ones.
live your own life well
A compassionate phrase frequently said by elders or sick relatives telling family members to prioritize their own happiness.
Indicates a cumulative duration that has already reached an unbearable limit ('for thirty years already').
