这是娘 辛辛苦苦攒下来的钱 怎么能这么花
“You worked so hard to save that money. We can't just throw it away.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这怎么行
“We can't do that.”
这是娘 辛辛苦苦 攒下 来的钱 怎么能这么花
“You worked so hard to save that money. We can't just throw it away.”
再说了 这些银子 加起来才一千两 我可是听说
“Besides, that would only be a thousand taels. But I heard that”
“You are being ungrateful and wasteful with our mother's blood and sweat; stop this right now.”
In Chinese family ethics, wasting assets accumulated through parents' hard toil is considered profoundly unfilial and morally reprehensible.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
painstakingly / through bitter toil
A common reduplicated adjective/adverb emphasizing prolonged labor and sacrifice.
how could one possibly
A rhetorical phrase used to express moral disapproval or disbelief at an action.