咱爸也甭想跟他吃香喝辣的
“And my Dad certainly isn't living the high life.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“we've never benefited from his success.”
咱爸也 甭想 跟他 吃香喝辣的
“And my Dad certainly isn't living the high life.”
让他出医药费
“Asking him for medical expenses”
“Don't count on him to treat dad well or give us a lavish life.”
Providing lavish food and drink to aging parents is traditionally viewed as a tangible metric of filial respect and material success.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
enjoy a life of luxury and fine dining
Colloquial idiom denoting living comfortably, enjoying expensive meals, and being financially spoiled.
don't even think about / forget about it
Informal northern contraction of 不用想, expressing blunt rejection or impossibility.
Emphasizes the certainty of the pessimistic assertion at the end of the clause.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Let Dad take you somewhere good to eat.”
“your dad would just beat you up.”
“Your dad is treasuring it so much.”
“If I want to have a meal with you in the future,”
“Dad doesn't want me anymore. You dumb kid.”
“your dad wouldn't have gotten so angry.”