前两天呢 老家有老人过世了 都回去奔丧了
“A few days ago, an elder at home passed away. They all went back.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
而且工资特别低
“And their wages are very low.”
前两天呢 老家有老人过世了 都 回去 奔丧 了
“A few days ago, an elder at home passed away. They all went back.”
“With the funeral over, they'll be back tomorrow.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese culture, traveling back to one's ancestral home to attend an elder's funeral is an indispensable filial duty that overrides regular business.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
ancestral hometown / native place
Widely used by migrants in cities to refer to their family origin or rural hometown.
hasten home for a funeral
A formal, culturally significant idiom describing traveling home immediately upon learning of a relative's death.
Pauses briefly after the time phrase to draw the listener's attention to the upcoming explanation.
Marks the completion of events and establishes the new resulting state.
