也就是图有个后代 延续个香火
“just because he wants someone to carry on his family name.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
要认回子秋
“Ziqiu back,”
也 就是 图有个后代 延续个香火
“just because he wants someone to carry on his family name.”
这个买卖
“This is not”
“He doesn't actually care about the kid; he just wants a male heir.”
In traditional Chinese culture, incense burning at ancestral shrines represents genealogical continuity; producing male heirs to carry on the family name is deeply tied to filial obligation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to carry on the ancestral line / produce a male heir
A traditional four-character idiom frequently used when discussing filial piety, ancestry, and the traditional pressure to have male offspring.
merely seeking / only after
Used colloquially to simplify someone's motives down to a single pragmatic or selfish purpose.
