我祖上积德 我会遇见你
“If they had done it, I wouldn't have met you!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我祖上积德
“My ancestors have accumulated merit?”
我 祖上积德 我会 遇见 你
“If they had done it, I wouldn't have met you!”
不行
“No way.”
“Meeting you is such an immense blessing that I must owe it to the good deeds of my ancestors.”
In Chinese culture, a descendant's fortune is often traditionally viewed as the fruit of moral merit accumulated by previous generations (阴德).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
ancestors accumulating virtue/merit
A traditional idiomatic expression used to explain extraordinary good fortune, often used playfully or deeply sincerely.