这孩子呀 越大越难养
“The older he gets, the harder he is to raise.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I'm sorry, Ms. Lin. Sorry you had to see that.”
这孩子呀 越大越难养
“The older he gets, the harder he is to raise.”
没事 秦敖爸爸 其实我们能看出来您很爱秦敖
“It's fine, Mr. Qin. Actually, we can see that you love Qin Ao very much.”
“I'm doing my best, but he is becoming impossible for me to control alone.”
In Chinese culture, parents show deference to teachers by confessing their own parenting limitations, inviting the educator's moral and disciplinary guidance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the older one gets, the harder it is to raise them
A common parental sigh regarding teenagers or growing children becoming independent, rebellious, or complicated.
Softens the utterance and adds a lingering sigh of emotional exhaustion.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“She struggled so hard to raise him this big.”
“These kids must be able to endure hardship.”
“Hey! How old are you? So rude!”
“Do you know how hard it was to raise you?”
“I can rely on myself to raise them.”
“I've had three kids, and I've never seen such a difficult baby.”