受了那么大的委屈
“had suffered so much injustice”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我女儿
“my daughter”
受了那么大的 委屈
“had suffered so much injustice”
经历了那么多事
“and been through a lot.”
“My poor daughter was treated so unfairly, and it breaks my heart.”
'Weiqu' captures an intensely felt grievance from unjust treatment, where filial bonds compel Chinese parents to defend their children fiercely.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to suffer injustice / to feel wronged
A core Chinese cultural concept for feeling aggrieved, mistreated, or unappreciated without being able to defend oneself.
such a huge / so much
Used colloquially as an intensifier to emphasize the scale or depth of an experience.
Marks the completion of an event or realization of a state, emphasizing that the suffering has already occurred.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you suffered a great grievance.”
“my daughter had suffered too much.”
“I didn't know you'd suffered so much.”
“a lot of injustice in their lifetimes.”