这干爹也不能随便认
“You can't just pick a godfather at random.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
连义子都难逃命数
“Even his godson couldn't dodge destiny?”
这干爹 也不 能 随便 认
“You can't just pick a godfather at random.”
你们记不记得胡达曾经说过
“Do you remember what Hu Da once said?”
“Becoming someone's godson in this situation is essentially walking into a death trap.”
In traditional Chinese society, becoming an adoptive son (义子/干儿) forged deep political and personal alliances, but also meant sharing the family's shared fate or downfall.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
godfather or adoptive father
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to refer to a nominal or adoptive father, carrying traditional or social allegiances.
casually accept or acknowledge (a relation)
Used to describe thoughtlessly entering into a formal or pseudo-familial commitment.
Functions adverbially here to emphasize an additive constraint, meaning 'even/neither can one...'
