他爸不是说四海为家吗？
“He said your home is where you make it, right?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
帮你爸海葬啊
“we bury him at sea?”
他爸 不是说 四海为家 吗？
“He said your home is where you make it, right?”
干 确定耶
“[Wa Zai] Fuck, bro. Are you sure?”
“Wait, wasn't his dad a wanderer who belonged anywhere, so why are we taking the 'sea' part literally?”
Chinese speakers often play on literal meanings of idioms; here, 'four seas' (the whole world) is humorously conflated with actual 'sea burial' (haizang).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to make one's home wherever one is / to wander freely
A classic Chinese idiom often used to describe a bohemian lifestyle or nomadism.
wasn't it said that...?
A rhetorical pattern used to confront a contradiction with prior information.
Forms a rhetorical negative question, inviting confirmation of past information.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I heard my father is moving the fourth branch back to the ancestral home.”
“Dad, anyway, I'm not leaving this time.”
“Looks like your dad really wants you to go home.”
“my father most wished to leave.”
“But my dad is too busy to come here.”
“Father, what on earth is going on?”