鼠目寸光 你不上大学 你就对不起你妈
“You're short-sighted. You'll let your mom down.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
高中毕业我就学门技术 早点工作给我妈减轻负担
“After high school, I'll learn a trade. I'll work early to ease my mom's burden.”
鼠目寸光 你不 上大学 你就 对不起你 妈
“You're short-sighted. You'll let your mom down.”
“I just hate sitting in the classroom. It's super boring. I don't want to study.”
“Stop being foolish about quitting school; you have an obligation to make your mother's sacrifice worthwhile.”
Academic achievement in Chinese society is seen as a moral obligation owed to parents' sacrifices, making academic quitting a matter of profound filial guilt.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
short-sighted; narrow-minded
A strong four-character idiom (chengyu) used to criticize someone for lacking foresight and focusing solely on immediate gains.
to let down; to fail someone
Beyond saying 'sorry', it frequently functions transitively as 'letting down' someone's expectations or sacrifices.
