白发人送黑发人
“The pain of losing a child”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
徐江
“Xu Jiang.”
白发人送黑发人
“The pain of losing a child”
谁遇上心里都不好受
“must be hard for anyone.”
“No matter how bad he is, losing his child is the ultimate unnatural tragedy.”
In Chinese culture, children are traditionally expected to care for aging parents and handle their funerals; outliving one's child is considered one of life's greatest unnatural tragedies.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
an elder outliving and burying their own child
A powerful traditional set phrase used exclusively to express the profound sorrow when parents survive their offspring.