之前是看在孩子的分上
“He did it for the sake of the child before.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“The Old Man got tired of her a long time ago.”
之前是 看在 孩子的 分上
“He did it for the sake of the child before.”
可是现在孩子都没了
“But now that the child is gone,”
“I only tolerated her because of the baby; now the gloves are completely off.”
In Chinese social relationships, people frequently tolerate unacceptable behavior out of respect or affection for an innocent third party, especially children or elders.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
for the sake of...; taking ... into consideration
A common idiom used to plead for leniency or explain why special tolerance was given due to a specific person or relationship.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“That's why Father treasures them so much.”
“They feel we didn't take their cases seriously enough.”
“with each of her exes.”
“because he saw the kids' potential.”
“he has never awarded custody of a child to the father.”
“It has no difference from meeting parents. Right.”