姐姐 忍到尧信成回国
“Sister, hold on until Yao Xincheng returns.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
姐姐 忍到 尧信成 回国
“Sister, hold on until Yao Xincheng returns.”
把房子卖掉
“He'll sell the house and give you the money.”
“Please don't break down now; we just need to survive until help arrives.”
Enduring suffering silently (忍) until circumstances change or a protector arrives is a deeply ingrained behavioral strategy in traditional Chinese culture.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
endure until; hold out until
Combines the verb 'endure' (忍) with the resultative preposition 'until' (到) to set an endurance threshold.
to return to one's home country
Very standard spoken term for someone arriving back home from abroad.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Right, I put the letter from Yao for you here.”
“When Yao gets back, you can come back.”
“to have the red heels altered.”
“Yao will be back soon.”
“and you refused to wear the clothes Yao Xincheng bought you,”
“I only have Yao as my son.”