那你把我娘家的亲戚 往死里逼呀 别说
“and you drove my relatives into a corner. Don't say that.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我跟你说 收容他们
“I'm telling you. You took them in,”
那你把我 娘家 的亲戚 往死里逼 呀 别说
“and you drove my relatives into a corner. Don't say that.”
闸北都乱成什么样了 她一个女人
“Zhabei is a mess right now. She is just a woman.”
“How can you be so cold-blooded toward my own family? You have no choice but to take them in.”
In Chinese culture, a married woman maintains strong emotional ties to her maternal family (娘家), and a husband's refusal to aid them is seen as a severe lack of respect and affection toward her.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to drive someone to death; to push someone to the absolute brink
An intense, colloquial hyperbolic idiom used to dramatically protest unreasonable pressure or lack of mercy.
a married woman's maternal/maiden family
Crucial term in traditional and modern family dynamics referring to the wife's biological family.
Heightens emotional agitation and sharpens the accusatory sting of the rhetorical statement.
