她老对咱俩结婚的事情 耿耿于怀的
“She is unhappy about us getting married.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就是我妈
“It's my mom.”
她老对咱俩 结婚 的事情 耿耿于怀 的
“She is unhappy about us getting married.”
老觉得我骗她
“She thinks I lied to her.”
“My mom still hates that we got married, so please cut her some slack or be prepared.”
In traditional Chinese culture, marriage involves two families; a mother brooding over a union usually stems from feeling excluded or disapproving of the choice.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to brood over something; to take something to heart unable to let go
A common four-character idiom used when someone harbors a lingering grudge or worry.
the two of us
A very colloquial Northern Chinese pronoun indicating closeness between the speaker and listener.
Used at the end of the clause to add an explanatory, affirming tone to the persistent state.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“- Do you think we're teenagers? - Don't I have that right? We've been married for years.”
“the grandson we've been waiting for for years”
“She was looking forward to your wedding.”
“The year I married my husband,”