省得她在我屁股后面
“Saves her from nagging me”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
正好给我婆婆喜欢喜欢
“Perfect timing, my mother-in-law will love her.”
省得 她在我屁股 后面
“Saves her from nagging me”
追着要孙子
“about having a grandchild.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Young adults in China often face intense and persistent pressure from elder relatives, especially mothers-in-law, to produce grandchildren.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
so as to avoid / so that one does not have to
An essential spoken connective used before an undesirable situation that is being prevented.
right behind someone's tail / nagging persistently
A vivid colloquial idiom describing someone trailing closely behind or badgering relentlessly.