她为了能让三个孩子健康成长
“of her children's healthy growth,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
石晓梅
“For the sake”
她 为了能让 三个孩子 健康成长
“of her children's healthy growth,”
她已经选择了励志上进
“Shi Xiaomei has chosen to push herself forward”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese society, a mother enduring hardships solely for the welfare and future of her children is highly revered as an ideal moral virtue.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
In order to allow/enable
Used to introduce an important goal or beneficiary of an arduous effort.
grow up healthily
A very common Chinese collocation describing the healthy development of children.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“cares about the three children.”
“on raising two of the children herself,”
“She didn't want her child to bear any of it.”
“I just want to make a living for my child.”
“She's roughly my eldest daughter's age.”
“She wanted our girls to study medicine like her.”