爸爸就是个劳碌命 没办法
“I'm a workaholic. Can't help it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I'm handling everything here. Don't you trust me?”
爸爸 就是个 劳碌命 没办法
“I'm a workaholic. Can't help it.”
你去忙吧
“Go ahead and get busy.”
“I appreciate your concern, but I simply cannot sit around doing nothing.”
Older generation Chinese parents often define their self-worth through constant labor and self-sacrifice for the family, finding it difficult to stay idle.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
born to toil; someone destined to work hard all their life
A very common colloquial expression used to describe oneself or others who can never sit still and relax.
there is nothing that can be done; can't help it
Use this phrase to indicate helplessness or to casually shrug off a situation as unavoidable.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“all thanks to your father's great effort.”
“I've been swamped lately.”
“Lately, I've been pretty busy too. Not much time spent with you.”
“Then your dad doesn't have any time to rest at all?”
“When I make something of myself out there,”
“How can you not understand”