所以他孩子一边上学
“So his son goes to school”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
王兴朗的老婆常年住院
“Wang Xinglang's wife is hospitalized long-term.”
所以 他孩子 一边 上学
“So his son goes to school”
一边照顾他妈妈
“and takes care of his mother at the same time.”
“It is such a difficult burden for a kid to study while shouldering adult caregiving responsibilities.”
In Chinese society, children who shoulder major domestic burdens to care for sick parents are viewed with deep communal pity and moral respect for fulfilling filial duty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
doing one thing while simultaneously doing another
Essential correlative structure used to denote two concurrent ongoing actions.
to attend school; to study
Standard conversational term for attending primary, secondary, or higher education.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The kid can go to a better school.”
“And she's really driven, too.”
“He's just a kid.”
“Then where did he go? He didn't come to school today. He didn't come to school?”
“He puts his heart into it.”
“As long as you can get into a good university,”