是阿娘对不住他
“I have failed him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
是阿娘 对不住 他
“I have failed him.”
我们还有什么能帮他的
“Ask him if there's anything we can do for him.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese culture, parents often feel a lifelong moral obligation to protect and provide for their children, viewing their own shortcomings or early demise as a personal failure toward them.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to let someone down / to be sorry toward
Commonly used to express heartfelt apology or a burden of debt/guilt toward someone close.
mother
An affectionate historical and dialectal term for mother.