家父只是小赌怡情
“My father only gambles for fun.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
家父
“My father...”
家父 只是 小赌怡情
“My father only gambles for fun.”
“He did not commit a serious crime, please do not punish him so severely.”
Traditional Chinese etiquette requires using humble terms like 'jiafu' for one's own family members while actively defending their honor in legal or public disputes.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
my father (humble reference)
A traditional, highly formal humble noun used to refer to one's own father when addressing outsiders.
gambling in small amounts is harmless recreation
A common set phrase used to justify light gambling as a recreational past-time rather than a vice.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“My father and Mr. Chang were old friends.”
“My father also once wished”
“What guilt does my father bear?”
“My father's only regret in life”
“my father died in battle in Jinzhou.”
“My father indulged her in every way.”