我爸都砸我身上
“my father would spend it on me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我们家但凡有点钱
“as long as our family had a little money,”
我爸 都 砸我身上
“my father would spend it on me.”
别人都说他偏心眼
“Other people say he was biased,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In working-class Chinese families, limited resources are often concentrated on a single child believed to have the best prospects, creating complex family dynamics.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to pour resources/money heavily into someone
The verb 砸 (smash) colloquially conveys pouring substantial financial investment into a person or project despite high costs.