要是个小子怎么办
“"what if it's a boy?"”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
愁眉苦脸地跟我说
“and with a worried frown, he asked me,”
要是 个小子 怎么办
“"what if it's a boy?"”
怎么着
“How come?”
“Having a boy would ruin my plan for a sweet little daughter!”
In contemporary Chinese family banter, parents often playfully lament having a son due to expectations of mischievous behavior and future financial pressures.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
boy; lad; son
A colloquial and slightly informal term used by parents or elders to refer to a male child.
what should be done; what to do
Standard everyday phrase used to ask for a solution or express helplessness.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What about those boys?”
“Young Master, what do we do? What do you mean what do we do?”
“(What's so special about that guy anyway?)”
“This guy is something.”
“This kid is acting quite strange today.”
“Wasn't this man supposed to have no one to rely on?”