那两边的爹妈也是 已经养废一代了
“And both sets of parents too. They've failed one generation.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
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 已经 养废 一代了
“And both sets of parents too. They've failed one generation.”
“Why are they so eager to mess up the next one?”
“Our parents did a terrible job raising us, so they have no right to demand grandkids.”
In Chinese families, parents from both sides often heavily pressure young couples to have children to carry on the family line, which increasingly clashes with younger generations' reflections on toxic parenting.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
parents on both sides (of a couple)
Commonly used in marriage and dating contexts to refer to both sets of in-laws informally.
to ruin a child through poor upbringing; to raise someone to be useless
A harsh, colloquial verb-complement compound often used in modern family debates or self-deprecating humor among young adults.
Marks the completed state of the parents having already ruined one generation, emphasizing the irreversible outcome.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The judges at the Intermediate People's Court were raised by parents too.”
“my parents had already been separated for a long time,”
“They say his parents died long ago.”
“her parents and relatives have all died of old age.”