今天要不是看了这份资料
“If it weren't for seeing this document today,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你跟他在一起多久了
“How long have you been together?”
今天 要不是 看了这份资料
“If it weren't for seeing this document today,”
“your dad wouldn't have gotten so angry.”
“You kept this hidden from us, and the evidence is what caused this blowout.”
In Chinese families, romantic relationships are closely inspected by parents, and concealed facts regarding a partner often trigger severe familial conflict.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
if it were not for; were it not that
A counterfactual marker used to point out a crucial condition that prevented or caused an outcome.