让我支撑住这个家
“to hold this family together”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这一大笔钱
“this huge sum of money”
让我 支撑住这个家
“to hold this family together”
挽回一彤
“and to win back Yitong.”
“I need this money because it is the only way I can keep our family from falling apart and win you back.”
Carrying the financial and emotional weight of a household is viewed as an essential duty, often used to justify extreme stress or questionable choices.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to prop up / to sustain / to hold together
Used metaphorically to describe enduring hardship to keep a household, business, or relationship from collapsing.
this family / this household
A deeply emotional expression in Chinese referring to the collective domestic unit rather than just physical shelter.