你不喜欢读书 为何用这么多书做摆设？
“You don't like reading. Why keep so many books for show?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
也别忘了来内谒局找我 自然配合县主办案
“be sure to come to the Palace Investigation Bureau. I'll cooperate fully with Your Ladyship's investigation.”
你 不喜欢 读书 为何 用 这么多书 做摆设 ？
“You don't like reading. Why keep so many books for show?”
“Caught you! You are just pretending to be cultured to impress people.”
In Chinese culture, displaying classical texts is traditionally associated with scholarly cultivation, making superficial displays a common target of affectionate teasing.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to serve as decoration / to be just for show
Used idiomatically to criticize items or even people that lack practical function and only exist for appearance.
why / for what reason
A slightly formal rhetorical question word equivalent to 为什么.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Learn what? Learn whatever you're told to learn!”
“It'd be better to use your time studying.”
“I'm not cut out for studying anyway.”
“She studies more than you, so what?”
“How am I able to afford your education?”
“looking at all that stuff, doesn't it annoy you?”