这阵子都在收拾他的烂摊子
“I've been cleaning up his mess.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
对啊
“Yes.”
这阵子都在收拾他的烂摊子
“I've been cleaning up his mess.”
何爸
“Mr. He,”
“I'm sick and tired of always fixing his reckless mistakes.”
In Chinese culture, family members often feel obligated to resolve each other's financial or personal crises despite heavy resentment.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to clean up someone's awful mess
A common idiom used when stepping in to fix chaotic problems left behind by someone else.
lately / these days
A colloquial time marker indicating an ongoing period in the recent past.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I spent too much time cleaning up his messes.”
“These past few days, I've been cleaning up this mess for him.”
“had to constantly clean up his messes.”