还得靠种地来养活自己
“still farming to survive.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
还得 靠 种地来 养活自己
“still farming to survive.”
真是没有良心
“He has no conscience.”
“It is disgraceful that someone so old has to break their back farming because their kids abandoned them.”
Chinese society strongly expects adult children to financially provide for and take care of their aging parents, making elderly manual labor a sign of familial neglect.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
rely on farming / make a living by farming
Describes surviving off basic agrarian manual labor.
feed oneself / make a living
Commonly used to describe self-subsistence and financial independence.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“but I can support myself with my own hands,”
“After I lost that ability, I have to make a living myself”
“It's good enough that I can support myself.”
“Do it on your own terms. Don't rely on anyone.”
“I want to make a living with my own hands.”
“Self-reliance, relying on oneself.”