我是养不起你 我没的条件
“I couldn't afford to raise you. I didn't have the conditions.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“It's not that I didn't want to raise you, my child.”
我是 养不起 你 我 没的条件
“I couldn't afford to raise you. I didn't have the conditions.”
如果我有钱的话 我能看着你 在别人屋檐下
“If I had money back then, could I let you depend on another man”
“I love you and want you, but poverty leaves me with no choice but to let you go.”
Family bonds are deeply cherished in Chinese society, making the inability to raise one's own child due to poverty one of the deepest sources of personal shame and tragic guilt.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cannot afford to raise/support
A potential complement indicating the financial impossibility of supporting someone or something.
lacking the financial means/conditions
A colloquial phrasing indicating an utter absence of the necessary resources.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Otherwise, how will you afford to keep me?”
“It won't be a problem for me. I'll make a lot of money this month.”
“He didn't bring you up and you don't have to provide for him when he gets old.”
“I couldn't even take care of myself back then,”
“I haven't raised you in vain.”
“You can take care of me and it's also reasonable if I want to take care of you.”