杀猪养家糊口
“butchering pigs to support the family.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
走了爹的路子
“She's following her father's trade,”
杀猪 养家糊口
“butchering pigs to support the family.”
“She's held the family together all on her own.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Carrying on a father's grueling trade to keep a lineage and household afloat is regarded with deep respect in traditional Chinese kinship values.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to butcher pigs
A traditional manual trade often associated with hard labor and lower social prestige in imperial times.
to support a family / to put food on the table
A common four-character idiom describing basic livelihood survival.