老公开一两个小差
“When the husband has a little affair or two,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“What's so strange about this?”
老公 开一两个小差
“When the husband has a little affair or two,”
睁一只眼睛闭一只眼睛嘛
“you just turn a blind eye”
“Men straying is normal, don't make a big fuss out of it.”
Older or traditional social circles sometimes rationalize minor infidelity by husbands, urging wives to maintain domestic peace over moral confrontation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to desert; to zone out; to wander off or stray briefly
Originally a military term for desertion, colloquial Chinese uses it for daydreaming or metaphorically for brief romantic/sexual straying.
one or two; a couple of
Used to minimize the quantity or severity of an occurrence.