他当年一走了之
“He left without a word back then”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Ms. Xiao, what did you say to him?”
他当年 一走了之
“He left without a word back then”
“He walked out on me without caring, so I owe him no sympathy.”
Abandoning familial duties is heavily stigmatized in Chinese culture, making '一走了之' a severe moral indictment.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to walk away and shirk responsibility
A common four-character idiom used to criticize someone who leaves without resolving problems.
back in those years / back then
Used to introduce nostalgic or bitter recollections of past events.