要不初中就去吧？ 那也得等初中毕业
“Why not after middle school? You have to graduate first.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我就让你去北京学音乐
“I'll send you to Beijing to study music.”
要不 初中就 去吧 ？ 那也得 等初中毕业
“Why not after middle school? You have to graduate first.”
搞摇滚也要有文化 对啊 要不就是瞎摇 瞎滚
“Be a literate rock artist. He's right. Don't just rock and roll.”
“Can't I just go right now during middle school? / No way, you at least have to finish middle school first.”
In Chinese family values, the nine-year compulsory education (primary school through junior high school) is considered the baseline requirement. Even when supporting a child's pursuit of arts or specialized training, parents usually insist on completing basic compulsory education first.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how about... / why don't we...
An extremely common spoken construction used to propose an alternative suggestion or compromise and sound out the other party.
even so, (one) still must...
Used after making a concession to assert an indispensable baseline condition.
Used at the end of a sentence to propose, suggest, or inquire tentatively, softening the tone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I heard you're trying to get her into the provincial capital middle school.”
“As for school, you don't need to go anymore.”
“Well, worst case, I won't go to school either.”
“Well, I went to junior high school at least.”
“graduate from junior high. So, before the official start,”
“So why bother going to school?”