我就不行 我照顾得了这边 我就照顾不了那边
“I'm not like that. If I take care of one side, I can't handle the other.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我就不 行 我 照顾得了 这边 我就 照顾不了 那边
“I'm not like that. If I take care of one side, I can't handle the other.”
周媚姐
“Mei,”
“You are far better at juggling all these people and demands than I could ever be.”
Lowering oneself through self-effacing remarks is a standard Chinese conversational strategy to elevate and flatter a counterpart's competence.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I just can't do it / I'm no good at it
A highly colloquial, self-effacing phrase used to humbly compare oneself unfavorably to others.
able to take care of ... unable to take care of ...
A potential complement construction used to contrast what one can and cannot manage.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'm fine. Okay. I'll look after her.”
“It's hard for my mom to take care of herself, but she still has to take care of my father.”
“I can't even take care of myself.”
“you wouldn't look after me anymore.”
“It's because I have to come here to take care of my husband.”
“And I'm not easy to support.”