但当年你不也是 没办法嘛
“But there was no way out for you back then.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但当年你 不也是 没办法 嘛
“But there was no way out for you back then.”
“You left him there for his sake, didn't you?”
“Stop blaming yourself; you did what you had to do.”
In Chinese family dynamics, painful choices are often exonerated under the concept of having unavoidable hardships (苦衷) for the child's greater good.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to have no choice; to be helpless
Extremely frequent expression used to justify an unavoidable or reluctant decision.
wasn't it also; aren't you also
Rhetorical question marker used to remind the listener of an obvious, mitigating fact.
Highlights that the circumstance was an obvious, undeniable reality that should be accepted.