我做了对不住你的事
“I did things that wronged you,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我做了 对不住你 的事
“I did things that wronged you,”
“yet you still think of us all the time.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese family hierarchy, elders rarely apologize formally to younger relatives; doing so signifies deep moral guilt heightened by the younger person's continued filial generosity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to let someone down; to wrong someone; to feel sorry toward
A slightly more colloquial and emotionally heavy alternative to 'duibuqi', often used when admitting a serious personal fault.
Aspect marker after the verb 'zuo' indicating the completion of the wrongful action.