大老远 你把他折腾来深圳
“You brought him all the way to Shenzhen”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他多大岁数了
“Do you know how old he is?”
大老远 你把他 折腾来 深圳
“You brought him all the way to Shenzhen”
“just to plead for you, right?”
“You are utterly shameless and selfish for putting an elderly man through such an exhausting journey just to help you.”
Subjecting an elderly person to hardship (zheteng) for personal favor is perceived as profoundly unfilial and socially unacceptable.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
all the way from afar; over a great distance
Emphasizes the trouble, effort, or exhaustion involved in traveling a long journey.
to cause someone hassle; to exhaust; to throw into disorder
A highly expressive colloquial verb denoting unnecessary torment, fuss, or tiring commotion.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We came all this way for nothing.”
“I came all the way here”
“You came all this way.”
“Thank you for coming all this way. It's no trouble at all. The meeting room is this way.”
“for us to come all this way.”
“I heard you shouting from miles away.”