甚至说我的儿子不是我亲生的
“and even my son not being my flesh and blood,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“All this about Wang Dazhu and Jiao Lijun being in on the robbery,”
甚至说我的儿子不是我亲生的
“and even my son not being my flesh and blood,”
“I don't believe any of it.”
“People will make up any ridiculous lie to ruin us, so don't believe a word of it.”
Questioning whether a child is 'biologically one's own' (亲生) touches upon one of the most sensitive taboos in Chinese family ethics, often seen as the ultimate insult to a person's honor.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
they even go so far as to say; even claiming
Used to introduce an extreme or shocking example to strengthen an argument or illustrate absurdity.
biological (child); of one's own flesh and blood
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to distinguish biological children from adopted, step-, or illegitimate children.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“"These are my own children."”
“Although I'm not your biological father,”
“She's not my father's biological daughter.”
“Am I not your biological son?”
“I'll just pretend I never had this son.”
“for your son”