这一辈子也就 围着锅台转了
“I can only be a chef in this life.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这 一辈子 也就 围着锅台转 了
“I can only be a chef in this life.”
我就希望
“I just hope”
“I accomplished nothing extraordinary besides cooking and surviving, so I want you to have a better future.”
Chinese parents often frame their own lives of uneducated domestic hardship as a contrast to inspire their children to study hard and transcend their social status.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
this entire life
Used when looking back and reflecting upon life's totality or fate.
spend one's life tied to cooking and chores
A vivid traditional idiom portraying a humble life spent doing mundane domestic kitchen labor.
Indicates a settled or unchangeable state of affairs.