你要是护不住妹妹们
“if you can't protect us,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
阿楠
“Nan,”
你 要是 护不住 妹妹们
“if you can't protect us,”
“who will listen to you in the future?”
“Step up and protect them, or you will lose all respect as the older sister.”
In Chinese familial ethics, the eldest sibling is expected to act as a protector and moral anchor for younger siblings, and failing to do so entails a severe loss of authority and respect.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unable to protect / fail to shelter
A potential complement expressing the inability to successfully defend or protect someone.
younger sisters
Refers collectively to female younger siblings or younger close female relatives.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I can't protect you.”
“from the heavens.”
“Your brother has truly protected you well.”
“I could never quite stop worrying about my sister.”
“to buy his siblings' silence.”
“I treated you like a sister.”