有其母必有其女呀
“Like mother, like daughter.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可真是
“It's true.”
有其母必有其女 呀
“Like mother, like daughter.”
“You are just as disgraceful and shameless as your mother.”
Chinese culture places enormous weight on parental example (家教); insulting someone's mother directly undermines the entire family's moral standing.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
like mother, like daughter
Can be neutral, but frequently employed in arguments to sarcastically criticize family traits or bad upbringing.
Softens the acoustic end but sharpens the sarcastic, mocking bite of the statement.