父/母亲节 | Father's/Mother's Day

父亲节

Father's Day

母亲节
Mother's Day

不是节日
not festival

不是一年一次
not once a year

而是一年三百六十五天
but three hundred and sixty five days

每天都是
each and everyday

不是当天载送他/她 外头吃一餐
not fetching him/her on these days to an outing meal

餐厅越豪华
glamorous restaurant

食物越贵
expensive menu

就显得自己是多么的孝敬
conclude how filial one is

再拍照上传网络
on top of that snap photos upload social media

告诉各界朋友自己是多么的孝顺
announce to d whole world of how filial one is

试问
may I ask

一年三百六十五天
three hundred and sixty five days in a year

你多少次拨通家里的电话
how many times you call back home

你回家几趟
how many time you return home

你和双亲面对面吃饭多少次
how many times you eat together with your parents

你载送两老外出游玩用餐多少回
how many times you bring these two old folks for vacation as well as outing meal

你陪两老聊天说话吗
do you chat with two old folks

你与他们合照吗
do you snap family photo(s) with them

你上传两代的开心点滴吗
do you upload any happy moments of d two generations

没有
no

答案是没有
the answer is no

父亲节
Father's Day

母亲节
Mother's Day

曾几何时
since when

己成
has become

现代化
modernize

现实化
materialize

商业化
commercialize

十之八九
nine out of ten

装模作样
affectation


掩饰蒙蔽
hiding and acting

身为孩儿的你
you as a descendant

越来越
getting more and more

可悲
sorrowful