他是跟我一样遗传
“He takes after me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他 是 跟我一样 遗传
“He takes after me.”
“In his eyes, I'm just a bad-tempered father”
“Don't worry too much about it; he takes after me, so I understand him completely.”
Chinese parents often normalize or forgive a child's stubbornness or faults by humorously claiming it was inherited directly from them.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
just like me; the same as me
A very common pattern used to draw parallels between oneself and another person.
heredity; to inherit (genetically or behaviorally)
Often used colloquially to explain habits or temperamental traits passed down from parents.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“No! It has nothing to do with genetic diseases.”
“His father has a birth defect.”
“See if I got my dad's cooking skills.”
“Anyway, I haven't heard that he has any genetic disease.”
“My dad has a birth defect,”
“or could it also have something to do with my presence?”