Intermediate - Family Life (C0125)

在中国传统观念里，父亲应该承担养家糊口的责任。
zài Zhōngguó chuántǒng guānniàn lǐ ，fùqin yīnggāi chéngdān yǎngjiāhūkǒu de zérèn 。
In the traditional Chinese way of seeing things, a father should be responsible for supporting the family.

他努力工作，让家人过好日子。
tā nǔlì gōngzuò ，ràng jiārén guò hǎo rìzi 。
He works hard to give his family a good life.

母亲的责任是照顾一家人的生活。
mǔqīn de zérèn shì zhàogu yījiārén de shēnghuó 。
A mother's responsibility is to take care of the whole family.

孩子应该孝敬父母，长辈。
háizi yīnggāi xiàojìng fùmǔ ，zhǎngbèi 。
The children should obey and respect their parents and people more senior than themselves.

应该听爸爸妈妈的话。
yīnggāi tīng bàba māma de huà 。
They should listen to and obey their parents.

中国的父母非常重视孩子的教育。
Zhōngguó de fùmǔ fēicháng zhòngshì háizi de jiàoyù 。
Parents in China pay a lot of attention to their children's education.

对他们有很高的期望。
duì tāmen yǒu hěn gāo de qīwàng 。
They have very high expectations of them.

Vocabulary

传统	chuántǒng	traditional
观念	guānniàn	concept
父亲	fùqin	father
应该	yīnggāi	should
承担	chéngdān	to bear
养家糊口	yǎngjiāhūkǒu	to support the family
责任	zérèn	responsibility
让	ràng	to let
好日子	hǎo rìzi	good day
母亲	mǔqīn	mother
照顾	zhàogu	to attend to
孝敬	xiàojìng	to respect
长辈	zhǎngbèi	elders
重视	zhòngshì	to regard as important
教育	jiàoyù	education
期望	qīwàng	expectation; hope
依靠	yīkào	to depend on
赚钱	zhuànqián	to make money
相夫教子	xiàngfūjiàozǐ	assist one's husband and educate the children (of a virtuous woman)
有出息	yǒuchūxi	have good prospects; will go far
寄托	jìtuō	to push
望子成龙	wàngzǐchénglóng	hope one's children will have bright futures