你们小两口的事我们不参与了
“We'd better stay out of your own business.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
行 行了
“A-Alright.”
你们 小两口 的事我们 不参与了
“We'd better stay out of your own business.”
差不多得了啊
“Don't push your luck.”
“We're done getting involved in your marital drama—sort it out yourselves.”
In Chinese family culture, parents and elders often get deeply involved in their children's marital conflicts. However, when conflicts escalate or become repetitive, elders may declare that they will no longer participate to express exhaustion and helplessness, or step back to encourage the young couple to reflect and resolve issues themselves.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
young married couple
A warm and casual colloquial term used by elders or outsiders to refer to a young married couple; very common in spoken Chinese.
to no longer get involved in or interfere with someone's personal affairs
Commonly used to clarify one's stance and draw boundaries to cease mediating or intervening in interpersonal conflicts.
Indicates a change in situation, marking the transition from prior involvement or mediation to a state of no longer intervening.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We can't go in together.”
“Between us, we don't need to talk about that.”
“We have no interest”
“I won't be involved in this thing.”