干吗非要生孩子呢
“Why on earth do they have to have kids?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“They can barely take care of themselves.”
干吗非要 生孩子 呢
“Why on earth do they have to have kids?”
那两边的爹妈也是
“And both sets of parents too.”
“They have no business having a baby when they can't even take care of themselves!”
Modern Chinese society frequently debates the phenomenon of spoiled young adults who rely completely on their parents for daily survival yet still rush into parenthood.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
why on earth; what for
Colloquial way of asking 'why', often used in rhetorical questions to express annoyance or confusion.
insist on; must
Used to describe someone stubbornly or unnecessarily insisting on doing something.
Softens the grammatical structure slightly while drawing out the rhetorical, puzzled frustration of the question.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“do you know why I have always been worried about having a child?”
“If you want to be a mom so badly, have one.”
“getting married is for having kids.”
“will I not be able to have children?”
“she might as well hurry up and bear a son.”
“Why haven't they had a child yet?”