我爹娘会好好待你这种人
“would my parents have treated someone like you so well?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
若不是看在我的分上
“If not for my sake,”
我爹娘会 好好待你 这种人
“would my parents have treated someone like you so well?”
“I blame myself for being blind and foolish.”
“You never deserved our kindness; I was a fool to ever vouch for you.”
In Chinese culture, a person's family often shows kindness to an outsider purely out of regard (看在……分上) for the mediator; when betrayal happens, the regret involves the whole family's wasted face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
someone like this / this sort of person
Used in spoken Chinese with a derogatory tone to express disapproval and distance oneself from the target.
treat well / treat with care and hospitality
A spoken collocation indicating generous, considerate treatment of a guest or family member.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'll take care of you two from now on,”
“your parents will surely be delighted.”
“your parents were with you when you grew up.”
“As long as we can do it,”
“your father was a good man.”
“Even my father said you are more of a father to me than he is.”