这辈子 都卖给你们老李家了
“he thinks he's in your debt all his life.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
估计想着
“And probably”
这辈子 都 卖给你们老李家 了
“he thinks he's in your debt all his life.”
现在子秋是你的儿子
“Now Ziqiu is your son”
“I've given up my entire life and freedom for your family.”
Expressing that one has 'sold one's life' to an in-law or partner's family conveys the overwhelming psychological weight of traditional Chinese marital and familial roles.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
this lifetime / all one's life
Used in spoken Chinese to stress the absolute permanence or scope of an experience.
sold to (metaphorically enslaved or bound to)
Use this to dramatically express that your time, effort, or life belongs entirely to someone else.
the Li family clan
Colloquial designation for a paternal lineage or family household.
Marks a completed transformation into an irreversible condition.
