他们一直都是那个样子的 习惯了
“They've always been like that, working their whole lives. They just can't stop.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Your parents were too busy to even say a word.”
他们一直都是 那个 样子的 习惯了
“They've always been like that, working their whole lives. They just can't stop.”
做了一辈子 停不下来
“working their whole lives. They just can't stop.”
“Don't take their lack of conversation personally; that's just how they've lived their whole lives.”
Older Chinese generations often view ceaseless hard work as an ingrained duty, to the point where relaxing or making idle conversation feels unnatural.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
have always been
Colloquial phrase used to indicate an enduring pattern or chronic state that has not changed over time.
used to it; accustomed to it
Essential spoken formula signaling acceptance of an unchanging or mildly inconvenient reality.
Serves to emphasize the enduring descriptive trait of the subject.
Indicates having reached the settled psychological state of being accustomed to something.
