毕竟我们一家人 好不容易才聚在一起
“After all, it wasn't easy for our family to finally gather together.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但我也理解大伯娘的担忧
“But I also understand Eldest Aunt's worries.”
毕竟 我们 一家人 好不容易 才聚 在一起
“After all, it wasn't easy for our family to finally gather together.”
祯娘 但是
“Zhen... However,”
“Please stop arguing; keeping our family intact is harder and more important than anything else.”
In Chinese culture, keeping the extended family unified and physically together often supersedes individual grievances or practical differences.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
only after great effort / with immense difficulty
Use this structure to emphasize the steep emotional or physical cost it took to achieve an outcome.
gather together
A frequent idiom-like expression used for family reunions, friendly get-togethers, or communal meetings.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“our family can reunite soon.”
“as long as our family is together, it's fine.”
“Yeah. It's rare for our whole family to be together.”
“I thought our family had finally patched things up.”
“Right now, we are one.”
“We are family, after all, right?”