穷困家庭里没有出息
“that we couldn't achieve anything.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他说我们是穷困家庭 还说我们在
“He called us a crappy family and he said”
穷困家庭里 没有出息
“that we couldn't achieve anything.”
尖尖 他说什么你就只当他是 放个屁不就完了吗
“Jianjian, just ignore what he said.”
“He really looked down on all of us, and it hurts that he thinks we are failures.”
Labeling a child as '没有出息' (having no prospect of success) is a profound insult in Chinese culture, tying personal worth closely to overcoming adversity and achieving social standing.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to not amount to anything; to have no promising future
A severe traditional Chinese criticism targeting someone's potential for social, professional, or financial success.
impoverished family; poor household
A standard descriptive phrase used here with an overtone of class-based disparagement.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“with corrupt morals and low breeding.”
“Other families have herds of cattle and sheep while our family lives like beggars.”
“whether we're poor or rich,”