你可以不提 你可以天天不着家
“You cannot mention that. You can be out every day.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
好好过日子成不成
“Let's live a peaceful life, OK?”
你可以 不提 你可以 天天 不着家
“You cannot mention that. You can be out every day.”
我就得过这该死的生活
“I have to live such a damned life.”
“Must be nice to just run away while I'm stuck suffering here alone.”
In Chinese domestic disputes, staying away from home (不着家) is viewed as a major failure of marital and parental responsibility.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
never staying home; always out and about
A common colloquial idiom used to complain about someone who spends little to no time at home with family.
You can just... (sarcastic)
Used rhetorically to contrast the other person's freedom or irresponsibility with one's own trapped reality.