母亲 是儿媳对不住您
“Mother. I'm sorry.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I think he's probably unwilling.”
母亲 是儿媳 对不住 您
“Mother. I'm sorry.”
“Useless thing. Mother, please calm down.”
“I know you are furious, so I am taking the blame before you punish me.”
Traditional etiquette required younger family members—especially daughters-in-law—to take personal responsibility for familial setbacks to preserve elders' dignity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
daughter-in-law
Used both as a third-person noun and historically as a humble first-person self-reference when speaking to parents-in-law.
to let someone down; to apologize to
A very common expression to convey that one has disappointed or wronged another person.