不是坑了孩子嘛
“I worry that if I mess up even one step, I'm the one failing the child.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就忍不住多想几步 万一哪步没走对
“It makes me over-analyze everything. I worry that if I mess up even one step,”
不是 坑了孩子 嘛
“I worry that if I mess up even one step, I'm the one failing the child.”
你别胡思乱想 肖兵一看就是个孩子奴
“Don't get inside your own head. It's obvious Xiao Bing is going to be a softie.”
“I am terrified that if I make a mistake, my child will suffer because of me.”
Chinese parents often feel immense responsibility for every step of their child's life, fearing that a single parental misstep will ruin the child's future.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to ruin; to screw over; to harm (colloquial)
Very common slang meaning to cause someone trouble or loss, either intentionally or through incompetence.
Softens the rhetorical question while indicating that the negative consequence seems obvious to the speaker.
