我就像个废物一样
“Yet I lived on like a useless man.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
妻苦子难
“My wife and child suffered.”
我 就像 个 废物 一样
“Yet I lived on like a useless man.”
我不知道怎么面对他
“How do I even face him now?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional Chinese culture, failing to protect or provide for one's spouse and child causes profound loss of face and acute personal guilt.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
just like a useless person / completely good-for-nothing
A highly emotional, self-deprecating spoken idiom used when feeling thoroughly incompetent or helpless.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You make it sound like we're some kind of dumping ground.”
“a piece of trash like me out of the dumpster.”
“It's like I'm nothing but a fart.”
“is like a lump of mud!”
“if I am a cripple,”