老婆孩子 都城里住着了
“My wife and child are living in the city now.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I've traded the family pasture for shares in the coal mine.”
老婆孩子 都城里 住着了
“My wife and child are living in the city now.”
“The kid can go to a better school.”
“Giving up our land was painful, but at least my family gets to live a better life in town.”
Many rural and pastoral families in contemporary China give up traditional livelihoods in exchange for urban access to better education and amenities for their children.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
wife and child (family)
A common colloquial pairing in spoken Chinese to refer broadly to one's core family unit.
living in the city
Used colloquially to indicate a continuous state of residing in an urban area.
Marks a completed change of state, highlighting that the transition to city living is already an accomplished fact.
