他进入青春期以后 一切都让我害怕得要命
“After he entered puberty, everything just scared me to death.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我教不好他
“I couldn't teach him properly.”
他进入青春期以后 一切都让 我害怕 得要命
“After he entered puberty, everything just scared me to death.”
我知道
“I knew”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Modern Chinese parents face immense pressure regarding adolescent discipline, where a parent's perceived inability to guide a child often leads to acute shame and existential anxiety.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
puberty; adolescence
Standard clinical and everyday term for the teenage stage, often associated with rebellion in parenting contexts.
scared to death; terrified out of one's mind
The complement '得要命' is a common colloquial intensifier meaning 'to death' or 'extremely'.