早早地挣钱养家
“scrambling to earn a living.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不是让你当一个普普通通的墨工
“not so you could become some ordinary ink-maker”
早早地 挣钱养家
“scrambling to earn a living.”
爷爷要传你的
“What I want to pass on to you...”
“You are meant for greater things than just being an ordinary laborer who pays the bills.”
In traditional Chinese culture, mastering a revered generational lineage craft holds far higher prestige than merely earning subsistence wages as an ordinary laborer.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
earn money to support the family
A very common four-character idiom describing the fundamental duty of providing for one's household.
early on / prematurely
Reduplicated adverb emphasizing doing something well ahead of standard timing.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Just when we were about to start making money,”
“and earn enough to support our families, that's enough.”
“he had secretly saved up some money”
“I want to earn more money.”
“Work harder and make more money, that's how.”
“to support her family at this age.”