我妈觉得是我有错在先
“My mom thought I was in the wrong first.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你父母当时没有管这件事吗
“Did your parents not handle this back then?”
我妈 觉得 是我 有错在先
“My mom thought I was in the wrong first.”
反而不愿意再让我碰缝纫机了
“Instead, she wouldn't let me touch the sewing machine anymore.”
“She never stood up for me; she just blamed me.”
Traditional Chinese parenting often emphasizes finding fault within one's own child first rather than defending them externally, fostering modesty or harmony at the cost of the child's grievances.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to be the one at fault in the first place
A formal idiom widely used in spoken disputes or legal discussions to identify who initiated the wrongdoing.