我当时太穷了 所有人都瞧不起我
“I was too poor, and everybody looked down upon me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
如果不是你外婆来找我 我根本就不知道有你
“If your grandma didn't come to me, I didn't know that your mom gave birth to you.”
我当时太穷了 所有人 都 瞧不起 我
“I was too poor, and everybody looked down upon me.”
“It's not that I didn't want to raise you, my child.”
“Please don't hate me; I was humiliated and helpless back then.”
Financial destitution in Chinese society historically carried intense social stigma and loss of dignity, often invoked in personal narratives to elicit empathy for past failures.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to look down upon, to despise
An everyday colloquial potential verb complement used to convey social condescension or disrespect.
at that time, back then
Used to anchor explanations or excuses specifically to historical context.
Emphasizes the completed state and extreme degree of hardship at that particular time.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“She's just too poor, and no one taught her the right path.”
“Seeing how broke you are,”
“our family's just getting poorer and poorer”
“I know you all look down on me. I have to rely on myself!”
“Now you're broken and alone.”
“He was so poor that he had to beg for money.”