那个继父对她们很不好 不是打就是骂
“Her stepfather treats them very badly— always hitting or scolding them.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
小尤妈妈瘫痪在床
“Li's mother is bedridden due to paralysis.”
那个 继父 对 她们 很不好 不是打就是骂
“Her stepfather treats them very badly— always hitting or scolding them.”
所以小尤呢 一直在攒钱 想带她妈妈离开盛城
“So Li has been saving money, hoping to take her mother away from Shengcheng.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese storytelling and casual conversation, detailing intense personal hardships (chiku) builds immediate moral legitimacy and audience sympathy for a character's subsequent actions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
constantly either beating or scolding; perpetual abuse
A vivid fixed construction (不是A就是B) used in spoken Chinese to emphasize that someone undergoes relentless mistreatment.
