With the phenomenal worldwide success of the Teochew movie Dear You, some people have concluded that Chinese dialects are making a comeback.
I don't think so.
People are not watching Dear You because it is in Teochew.
They are watching it because it speaks the universal language of love.
If the same story had been told in Mandarin, Cantonese or English, it would still have touched millions of hearts.
Because the real power of Dear You is not its dialect.
It is its humanity.
That humanity is beautifully embodied by three ordinary people.
Mu Sheng shows us the love of sacrifice.
He works tirelessly, asks for little, and gives everything for his family.
Lan Zhi shows us the love of courage.
She quietly carries a burden that no one asked her to bear, choosing compassion over convenience for nearly twenty years.
Shurou shows us the love of faith.
She waits. She believes.
She remains steadfast through decades of uncertainty.
Together, they remind us that love is not merely a feeling.
Love is sacrifice, courage and faithfulness.
In the language of Love Intelligence (LQ), these are expressed through:
Care. Courage. Connection.
That is why Dear You resonates across countries, cultures and generations.
The audience may not understand every Teochew word.
But everyone understands love.
The movie is reviving something far more important than a dialect.
It is reviving our humanity.
And perhaps that is why it has become one of the most loved movies of our time.
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