我们没能保护好你的父亲母亲
“We failed to protect your parents as well as you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I know you hate my clan and me.”
我们 没能保护好 你的父亲母亲
“We failed to protect your parents as well as you.”
还有你 所以今日特意前来 就是向你道歉
“We failed to protect your parents as well as you. So, I came here today to apologize to you.”
“We know we failed you terribly, and we are willing to bear the shame and atone for it.”
In traditional aristocratic societies, families bore collective moral and physical responsibility for those under their patronage; failing to protect them caused lasting family rancor.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
failed to; was unable to
A common auxiliary phrase expressing inability or failure to accomplish a duty or intention, often carrying regret.
to protect properly / to look after well
Combines the verb 保护 with the resultative complement 好 to indicate the successful completion of safeguarding.
