就是孩子们跟着我受苦
“It's just the kids are suffering with me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我还好
“I'm fine.”
就是 孩子们 跟着我受苦
“It's just the kids are suffering with me.”
“Don't worry. I'll take good care of them in the future.”
“I can take the pain myself, but watching my kids suffer breaks my heart.”
Chinese cultural values place immense weight on parental duty to provide stability; admitting that one's children are 'following to suffer' (跟着受苦) represents the highest degree of self-reproach.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
To suffer hardships along with me / Endure a hard life because of me
A poignant emotional idiom frequently used by struggling parents or spouses feeling guilty about their family's economic or emotional plight.
It's just that / The only thing is
Used as a conversational transition to introduce a caveat, deeper reservation, or source of sorrow.
