整天就知道 听他哥 听他弟 听他老娘在那儿
“All day long, he just listens to his brothers and his mother”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“A grown man without an ounce of backbone.”
整天就知道 听他哥 听他弟 听他 老娘 在那儿
“All day long, he just listens to his brothers and his mother”
“talking nonsense. Turns out the whole family has been bullying Fen and Xiaolan all long.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
When an adult male sides unconditionally with his blood relatives (older brother, younger brother, mother), it frequently alienates his wife and children, forming typical fault lines in Chinese extended families.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
all day long only knows to; continuously does nothing but
Used to express chronic annoyance at someone's repeated, habitual, and unhelpful behavior.
old mother (or arrogant self-reference depending on context; here meaning 'his elderly mother')
Colloquial and slightly blunt or irreverent way to refer to someone's mother when venting frustration.
