或许你们二人父子一场
“Maybe this is the fate for the two of you as father and son.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
人各有命
“Everyone has their fate.”
或许你们二人 父子一场
“Maybe this is the fate for the two of you as father and son.”
命定如此 旧若不去
“Maybe this is the fate for the two of you as father and son. If the old does not go away, how will you welcome the new?”
“Accept that this relationship has run its destined course and let it go.”
In traditional Chinese belief, familial relationships are seen as pre-destined karmic debts (缘分); once fulfilled, parting is considered natural.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
sharing a bond as father and son for a time
A poetic, fatalistic formula 'X 一场' used to depict deep human bonds as temporary chapters in life.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“that both father and son care about each other.”
“you and your son are actually the same.”
“That is why we are father and son.”
“We are father-and-son after all.”
“you were husband and wife after all.”
“for setting aside our father-son bond.”