<p>Your understanding of the sentence is correct. The man in the story did lock his six years old son alone at home for entire night so that he could help a woman. </p>

<p>The writing of that woman illustrated she is a self centered person. And the man was a horrible father.</p>

<p>Side note:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><em>Around 1997, I watched in the news in Hong Kong that there were two working parents who kept their two preschool age children locked in at home during their working hours, because they couldn't afford daycare. Unfortunately, a fire broke out in that apartment and the two kids couldn't escape  because the door was locked and were killed in the fire. The parents felt so guilty, they hanged themselves within few days.</em></p>
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<p>That's why I feel so strongly about locking kids at home by themselves-- Nothing worth the risk!</p>

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Tang Ho
<p>This question is about 后来才知道 in the following sentence:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>他为了帮我，<strong>把6岁大的儿子一个人锁在家里整整一夜</strong>，彻底感动了我，交往不到一年，我们结婚了。<br>
  ... bǎ 6 suì dà de érzi yīgè rén suǒ zài jiālǐ zhěngzhěng yīyè ...<br>
  <sub><a href="http://www.guaixun.com/bdnews/content_214083_1.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">嫁给离婚带孩子的男人 我的生活只剩下两个字</a>, guaixun.com</sub></p>
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<p>I translate this to something like:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>To help me [为了帮我], he took his 6-year old son [6岁大的儿子] and locked [锁] him in the house [在家里] by himself [一个人] for the whole [整整] night [夜], which thoroughly [彻底] touched [感动] me, and being in contact [交往] for less than a year [不到一年], we married [我们结婚了].</p>
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<p>This seems like a peculiar sentence: it seems the man locked up his 6-year old son at home overnight, and the woman (who wrote this article) thought this behavior was so great that she felt "touched".</p>

<p>I'm surely misunderstanding it.</p>

<p><strong>Question</strong>: Did the man lock up his 6-year old son at home overnight?</p>

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2018-05-08T00:15:29.650Z
Yes. (fillers fillers)
fefe
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2018-05-08T00:25:24.487Z
Maybe this is a culture difference, but I would consider this appalling behavior, and I wouldn't be "moved" by it.  Instead, I would consider the child to be in danger (e.g., what if he has access to knives or starts a fire?).
Becky 李蓓
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2018-05-08T00:32:34.350Z
Yes, he did, and the woman is an amoral person if she really thought it is fine for a man to do that.
Tang Ho
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2018-05-08T00:37:33.493Z
I bet the woman would be  touched even more if that man murdered ten innocent people just for helping her. Every thing is about me, me me to this horrible human being.
Tang Ho
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2018-05-08T01:41:23.780Z
Great tanslation.
Zhang
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2018-05-08T03:12:48.977Z
Small note: 交往 means dating here.
Mou某
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2018-05-08T17:23:59.203Z
To be precised, it means "leave the child at home overnight unattended".  Well it depends how one interpret it or whether it is exeggerated . If the child go to bed early and know how to take care themselves, then this is not a big problem. A 6 years child is actually old enough to know not to put themselves in danger if guide properly.
mootmoot
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Did the man lock up his 6-year old son at home overnight? (把6岁大的儿子一个人锁在家里整整一夜)
# Did the man lock up his 6-year old son at home overnight? (把6岁大的儿子一个人锁在家里整整一夜)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-05-08)

This question is about 后来才知道 in the following sentence:

> 他为了帮我，**把6岁大的儿子一个人锁在家里整整一夜**，彻底感动了我，交往不到一年，我们结婚了。  
> ... bǎ 6 suì dà de érzi yīgè rén suǒ zài jiālǐ zhěngzhěng yīyè ...  
> [嫁给离婚带孩子的男人 我的生活只剩下两个字](http://www.guaixun.com/bdnews/content_214083_1.html), guaixun.com

I translate this to something like:

> To help me [为了帮我], he took his 6-year old son [6岁大的儿子] and locked [锁] him in the house [在家里] by himself [一个人] for the whole [整整] night [夜], which thoroughly [彻底] touched [感动] me, and being in contact [交往] for less than a year [不到一年], we married [我们结婚了].

This seems like a peculiar sentence: it seems the man locked up his 6-year old son at home overnight, and the woman (who wrote this article) thought this behavior was so great that she felt "touched".

I'm surely misunderstanding it.

**Question**: Did the man lock up his 6-year old son at home overnight?

**Tags:** translation, meaning-in-context

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Yes. (fillers fillers)  
> **username_0**: Maybe this is a culture difference, but I would consider this appalling behavior, and I wouldn't be "moved" by it.  Instead, I would consider the child to be in danger (e.g., what if he has access to knives or starts a fire?).  
> **username_2**: Yes, he did, and the woman is an amoral person if she really thought it is fine for a man to do that.  
> **username_2**: I bet the woman would be  touched even more if that man murdered ten innocent people just for helping her. Every thing is about me, me me to this horrible human being.  
> **username_3**: Great tanslation.  
> **username_4**: Small note: 交往 means dating here.  
> **username_5**: To be precised, it means "leave the child at home overnight unattended".  Well it depends how one interpret it or whether it is exeggerated . If the child go to bed early and know how to take care themselves, then this is not a big problem. A 6 years child is actually old enough to know not to put themselves in danger if guide properly.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-05-08. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Your understanding of the sentence is correct. The man in the story did lock his six years old son alone at home for entire night so that he could help a woman.

The writing of that woman illustrated she is a self centered person. And the man was a horrible father.

Side note:

> *Around 1997, I watched in the news in Hong Kong that there were two working parents who kept their two preschool age children locked in at home during their working hours, because they couldn't afford daycare. Unfortunately, a fire broke out in that apartment and the two kids couldn't escape because the door was locked and were killed in the fire. The parents felt so guilty, they hanged themselves within few days.*

That's why I feel so strongly about locking kids at home by themselves-- Nothing worth the risk!


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