也怪我 没钱没本事
“It's my fault too, a man with no money or future.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“But her parents threatened suicide to force her to divorce me.”
也 怪我 没钱没本事
“It's my fault too, a man with no money or future.”
没当上医生 后来做医药代表也没赶上好时候
“(I didn't become a doctor.) Later, I became a pharmaceutical rep at a bad time”
“I'm heartbroken and ashamed that my lack of financial status ruined our chance together.”
Chinese marital conventions place heavy emphasis on male financial stability; falling short often leads to parental vetoes and deep personal shame.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it's also my fault
A common spoken formula used to shoulder partial responsibility and defuse blame from others.
having neither money nor competence
A harsh, self-deprecating idiomatic collocation used to express utter personal and financial failure.
