你那前老丈人 往死里打压你的时候
“When your ex-father-in-law tried to put you down,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不过你别忘了
“But don't forget.”
你那前 老丈人 往死里打 压你 的时候
“When your ex-father-in-law tried to put you down,”
“who helped you make a comeback?”
“You owe everything you currently have to me, so do not dare cross me now.”
In Chinese social ethics, failing to reciprocate or honor a life-saving favor (恩情) from past crises is seen as a severe moral failure.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
father-in-law (wife's father)
A northern, colloquial term for one's wife's father, equivalent to the more formal 岳父.
ruthlessly / to the extreme / to death
An intense colloquial adverbial modifier indicating relentless, merciless, or excessive action.
Marks the subordinate clause of time and temporal reference (的时候).
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Don't sell yourself short.”
“My father-in-law's funeral was held here back then.”
“to my father-in-law. Okay?”
“I'm old and not much use now.”
“Would you like to earn extra money?”
“It seems this old gentleman has something to say.”