凭啥说我娃就没这命
“How can you say she has no talent?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你不要让她硬吃 对她不公平 这话我还真不爱听
“you shouldn't push her. That wouldn't be fair to her. I really don't like hearing that.”
凭啥 说我娃就没这命
“How can you say she has no talent?”
两只老虎 两只老虎 跑得快 跑得快 预备唱
“♪Two tigers. Two tigers♪ ♪Run fast. Run fast♪ Ready, sing.”
“Don't you dare underestimate my child or tell me what they cannot achieve!”
Chinese parents invest immense emotional identity into their children's potential and will fiercely reject fatalistic claims that their child is lacking.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
on what grounds / why on earth
A colloquial northern expression used to aggressively challenge someone's reasoning or authority.
not fated for this / not meant to have this life
Used colloquially to refer to lacking the innate luck, destiny, or privilege to succeed in a specific path.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Who knew she'd be that tough?”
“It was probably my fate.”
“I'm not that lucky.”
“will have no way to survive.”
“I can't live like this, either.”
“I'm afraid you won't even be able to save your life.”