你的脾气跟小时候一样倔啊
“You are just as stubborn as when you were a child.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“to come on behalf of him and Mrs. Xiao to pay respects.”
你的脾气跟 小时候 一样 倔啊
“You are just as stubborn as when you were a child.”
可惜有些事
“Unfortunately, there's something”
“You refuse to compromise just like before, but life won't bend to your stubbornness.”
Calling someone '倔' carried mixed connotations in Chinese: it acknowledges integrity and determination while cautioning against rigidity that leads to unnecessary hardship.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
temperament / temper
Frequently combined with adjectives like '倔' (stubborn) or '大' (bad-tempered) to evaluate personality.
just like when you were a kid
Useful pattern '跟...一样' to draw direct comparisons across time periods.
Adds an evaluative, sigh-like exclamation of realization or rueful observation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“has been stubborn since she was little.”
“that childish temperament.”
“his temper was even worse than it is now. So that girl must have a pretty good personality.”