这都怪我那幺儿做的孽呀
“It was all my son's fault.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
老夫人请讲
“Madam Qin, please go ahead.”
这 都怪我 那幺儿 做的孽 呀
“It was all my son's fault.”
八年前 我那个不争气的三儿子 非要纳八姨娘进府
“Eight years ago, my disappointing third son insisted on taking Concubine Liu into the household.”
“I am ashamed and heartbroken by the disaster my reckless son brought upon our family.”
Traditional Chinese culture often views severe family misfortunes as the result of sinful or unjust actions committed by family members, evoking deep moral guilt in patriarchal elders.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it is all the fault of
A common spoken formula used to place full blame on someone or something.
to commit a sin; to do something wrongful bringing bad karma
Often used by elders to strongly condemn someone's morally reckless or destructive behavior.
youngest son / child
A dialectal and familial affectionate term widely used across southwestern and northern Mandarin.
Softens the utterance while amplifying the speaker's emotional sigh and sorrowful tone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What a terrible accident.”
“are you blaming me for making your lady work too hard?”
“I deserve all of this.”
“It's all my own doing.”
“It's my fault. My apologies.”
“It's all my fault. I let my guard down.”