Now, what's encapsulated in both these drowning metaphors -- actually, one of them is my mother's interpretation, and it is a famous Chinese saying, because she said it to me: "save a man from drowning, you are responsible to him for life."
暗藏在这两个溺水故事中的比喻是 其中一个说法来自我母亲 中国人常说的 ”救一个溺水者，你便得为他的一生负责。“