你怪她追究你父母的责任
“You blame her for going after your foster parents,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“because you're angry with your sister.”
你 怪 她 追究 你父母 的 责任
“You blame her for going after your foster parents,”
“and you want her and your grandmother to give up”
“You're not just mad; you resent that she didn't spare your parents.”
Holding one's elders or parents legally or morally accountable creates severe familial friction and internal guilt in traditional Chinese culture.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to investigate and hold someone accountable / to pursue responsibility
A common collocation used in both legal and serious personal contexts to discuss accountability.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“She wants to seek justice for her father.”
“will he blame us?”
“I'll talk to the victim's parents about her situation. Don't worry about it.”
“You can't be blamed for this.”
“Are you blaming me for her sake now?”
“I'm also at fault for this.”