这好不容易把孩子拉扯这么大
“She struggled so hard to raise him this big.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
跟他妈妈住一块儿
“Lived with his mother.”
这 好不容易 把孩子拉扯 这么大
“She struggled so hard to raise him this big.”
这要知道了
“How heartbroken she'd be when she found out.”
“If she finds out something happened to him, it will completely break her heart.”
Chinese culture places profound emotional weight on the hardships parents undergo to raise children ('拉扯'), making any tragedy befalling an adult child exceptionally heartbreaking for the family.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
with great difficulty; only after immense effort
Placed before an accomplishment to emphasize the struggle endured to reach that result.
painstakingly raise (a child) to adulthood
An idiomatic verbal phrase specifically describing the heavy physical and emotional burden of raising children, often as a single parent.
