还过什么生日
“What's the point of your birthday?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你爸都不要你了
“Your father has left us.”
还 过什么生日
“What's the point of your birthday?”
今天在座的呢
“Everyone here today,”
“You have been abandoned, so stop pretending you deserve a happy birthday.”
In Chinese family gatherings, attacking someone's parental abandonment strikes at core social standing and filial legitimacy, intended to deeply humiliate.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
why bother celebrating a birthday anymore
The pattern '还...什么...' serves as a rhetorical rejection indicating an action is pointless or absurd under the circumstances.