而不是父母将就孩子
“instead of making her parents yield.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
一家人应该在一起 孩子 就应该绕着父母转
“a family should stay together. And a child should always be by the side of her parents”
而 不是 父母 将就孩子
“instead of making her parents yield.”
所以还是让孩子过来吧 这才是对孩子 最好的教育
“So I'd better transfer my daughter here. It's the best cultivation for my child.”
“Children shouldn't be spoiled; the adults call the shots in this household.”
Reflects an ongoing debate in modern Chinese parenting between traditional filial hierarchy (where children adapt to parents) and contemporary 'little emperor' indulgence.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
rather than; instead of
Commonly used in both spoken and written Chinese to present a preferred alternative by dismissing another.
to make do with; to accommodate or compromise oneself for
Used when one party settles, accommodates, or yields to someone else's preferences or less-than-ideal conditions.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Maybe your parents had no choice.”
“Parents were all once children themselves.”
“I couldn't even protect my own child.”
“Parents always give in to their children.”
“Children are never the property of their parents.”
“Our child can't grow up without a father.”