这好不容易女儿上大学了
“Now that her daughter has finally made it to the university,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
受了一辈子的气
“and suffered for a lifetime.”
这 好不容易 女儿 上大学 了
“Now that her daughter has finally made it to the university,”
这杨百春又疯了
“Yang Baichun has gone crazy.”
“We finally made it through years of misery to this milestone, and now everything is ruined again.”
For traditional Chinese working-class families, a child entering university represents the end of parental hardship and a pivotal redemption for decades of suffering.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
with great difficulty; after much effort; finally
Used before an achievement to emphasize how arduous the struggle was to attain it.
attend university; enter college
Standard collocation referring to tertiary education, often seen as the ultimate life turning point in Chinese families.
Signifies the completion of a milestone or change of state.
