你对不起列祖列宗 你对不起乔家祠堂
“You've disgraced our ancestors! You've disgraced the Qiao ancestral hall!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你不能走
“You can't leave!”
你 对不起列祖列宗 你 对不起乔家祠堂
“You've disgraced our ancestors! You've disgraced the Qiao ancestral hall!”
我对不起列祖列宗
“I disgraced the ancestors?”
“You have no right to walk away from your duty and bring eternal disgrace upon our entire family name.”
In traditional Chinese culture, failing the lineage (duibuqi liezu liezong) is considered the ultimate moral failure, often used as an emotional weapon to halt individual rebellion.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to fail; to let down; to betray expectations of
Beyond meaning 'sorry', it frequently functions transitively to mean letting someone down or failing moral duties.
generations of ancestors; forefathers
A traditional four-character idiom invoked in moral or emotional appeals regarding lineage and clan responsibility.
ancestral temple; ancestral hall
Refers to the sacred lineage shrine where ancestral tablets are kept and family rituals occur.
