要是你爸妈知道 他们会怎么想?
“What about your parents? What would they say?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你这样东风市场的大家会很伤心
“Everyone here will be very sad if you lose.”
要是 你爸妈 知道 他们 会怎么想 ?
“What about your parents? What would they say?”
我爸妈?
“My parents?”
“You are bringing disgrace to your family, so stop acting like this.”
In Chinese culture, personal misconduct directly affects parental honor; evoking parents' feelings is a standard rhetorical weapon to trigger moral awakening.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
if / in case
A common colloquial conditional marker used frequently in spoken Chinese instead of the more formal 如果.
what one thinks / how one feels about something
Often used rhetorically in reprimands to challenge someone to reflect on the negative impressions their actions create.