我没机会承欢于她膝下 但我就想去看看
“I didn't grow up by her side, so I wanted to take a look.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Father, don't scare me. I just missed my mother.”
我 没机会 承欢于她膝下 但我 就想 去看看
“I didn't grow up by her side, so I wanted to take a look.”
看看她看过的风物 走走她走过的青石巷陌
“To look at the sights she saw and walk the lanes she walked.”
“Please do not stop me; seeing her past is the only way I can feel close to her.”
This traditional idiom evokes the deep duty of children to bring joy to aging parents; being unable to do so is viewed as an immense sorrow and regret in Chinese filial ethics.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
serve and bring joy to one's parents in their presence
A classical four-character idiom describing the filial act of living close to parents and bringing them happiness; often used with '没机会' when expressing regret.