要不然妈的日子真的没法过
“I really couldn't go on otherwise.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你可接电话了
“you finally answered the phone.”
要不然 妈的日子 真的 没法过
“I really couldn't go on otherwise.”
妈 我的日子也不好过
“Mom, my life isn't easy either.”
“You have to help me right now, or you are letting your own mother suffer.”
Parents in traditional Chinese dynamics may openly lament their suffering to appeal to their adult child's moral sense of filial obligation (Xiao).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
otherwise; or else
Commonly placed at the beginning of a clause to state the negative consequence if an action is not taken.
unbearable; impossible to go on living like this
A colloquial idiom used to express severe personal, financial, or domestic hardship.