对不起老婆孩子 不能再这么活下去 就这一类的吧
“"I'm sorry to my wife and kids," and "I can't go on living like this." He said these words.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就是说什么
“He said something like,”
对不起老婆孩子 不能再 这么 活下去 就这 一类的吧
“"I'm sorry to my wife and kids," and "I can't go on living like this." He said these words.”
你们 知不知道他最近
“Do you guys know if he had any recent changes”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
A father's inability to support or protect his spouse and children often leads to extreme social shame and personal guilt in traditional Chinese society.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
let down one's wife and children
A stereotypical expression of deep guilt used by a family provider who feels they have failed their household duties.
things of this kind / along those lines
Useful for summarizing conversations or listing examples without detailing every exact word.
Softens the statement and marks uncertainty or approximation regarding the exact phrasing recalled.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Your wife and the child in her belly are mine.”
“Please let my wife and children go. Okay.”
“They're responsible for the death of my wife and child.”
“And his wife was such a fool.”
“You never really knew your wife and family.”
“If his wife hadn't looked for him, maybe she wouldn't have died.”