几乎等于养了宋家娘俩
“basically provided for the Song mother and son.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那樊家
“the Fan family”
几乎等于养了宋家娘俩
“basically provided for the Song mother and son.”
“Granny Kang, you were speaking up for the Song family just now—”
“They practically paid for their entire livelihood; you can't deny that debt.”
Providing livelihood ('养') creates a profound moral debt in Chinese culture, which community members evoke to criticize ungrateful or entitled behavior.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
practically equivalent to; virtually amounts to
Used to frame an observation as near-fact to emphasize the scale or gravity of an action.
mother and child (son/daughter)
A colloquial northern kinship term referring to a mother and her child as a unit.
Marks the completion or established realization of a continuous state or deed.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“he's not Miss Song's lover?”
“If the Song family really borrowed money from you,”
“You can't blame us for calling off the engagement.”
“What does it have to do with us the Song family?”
“Then how about this— I'll go keep watch. Those Song fellows alone”
“Why are you at the Song's house?”