看在你们夫妻一场的份上
“For the sake of your past marriage,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
要不是那个
“If it weren't for that...”
看 在你 们 夫妻一场 的份上
“For the sake of your past marriage,”
“Even if you have grown apart, you cannot just stand by and watch him suffer.”
Chinese interpersonal appeals frequently invoke past relationships ('qingfen') to make a moral demand for solidarity and mutual assistance, even after divorce or separation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
for the sake of...; taking ... into consideration
A highly common spoken construction used when asking for a favor, forgiveness, or leniency based on past relationship or sentiment.
having been husband and wife together
Often used to emphasize shared history and emotional debt between a married or divorced couple.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you were husband and wife after all.”
“he and I were husband and wife.”
“For the sake of our years together, and since you have”