任凭父亲视我如尘埃
“and allow Father to treat me as if I were nothing.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
视谢征如亲子
“treat Xie Zheng like your own child,”
任凭 父亲视我如尘埃
“and allow Father to treat me as if I were nothing.”
“I am his flesh and blood, yet he treats an outsider like his true heir and treats me like garbage.”
In traditional patriarchal Chinese families, a father's approval determines a child's social standing and self-worth; being treated 'like dust' represents severe familial rejection.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
regard me as mere dust / treat me like worthless dirt
A vivid literary idiom used to express feeling completely insignificant, despised, or neglected by someone important.
to allow / to let (someone do as they please)
Used as a conjunction or preposition indicating passive surrender or lack of power to stop an undesirable action.