不守规矩 自然要挨罚
“If you break the rules, you take the punishment!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
- 桃芝 - 桃芝 你怎么打人啊？ 别不识好歹
“- Taozhi! - Taozhi! How could you hit her? Stop causing trouble.”
不守规矩 自然要 挨罚
“If you break the rules, you take the punishment!”
可我从没答应要给你们做工 想走 可以 十贯钱
“But I never agreed to work for you. You want to leave? Fine. Ten guan.”
“Know your place and obey, or you will suffer worse.”
In traditional Chinese disciplinary dynamics, invoking 'rules' (guiju) grants perceived moral authority to those in power to inflict physical punishment without negotiating.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to follow the rules; to behave oneself
Commonly used both positively to praise discipline or imperatively to demand obedience.
to suffer punishment; to be penalized
A colloquial passive structure with 'ai' indicating receiving an unpleasant outcome.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“have moments of improper behavior. We have to discipline them, right?”
“[Dayou Motel] who run hotels and don't follow the rules.”
“Without rules, there's no order.”