不听老人言 吃亏在眼前
“I didn't listen to her, and now I've learned my lesson the hard way.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
她肯定会怪我的
“She'll definitely blame me.”
不听老人言 吃亏 在眼前
“I didn't listen to her, and now I've learned my lesson the hard way.”
当妈妈的嘛 肯定都容易这么说
“All moms say things like that. They're just worried.”
“You really should have listened to your mother; her worries aren't groundless.”
Chinese culture places immense value on the life experience of elders, treating their warnings as time-tested truths that younger generations ignore at their own peril.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
disregard the advice of elders and suffering will follow shortly
A very common traditional idiom used to remind someone that the experience of older generations should be respected.
disadvantage or suffering is imminent
Used as the concluding clause of the proverb to emphasize immediate negative consequences.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You never listen to me, and now you're paying. You can't make the movie theater thrive.”
“Blind old man, sharp ears, huh?”
“my husband comes from a bad background. He's not worthy to speak to you.”
“When we were little, we had to listen to our grandparents. We're his parents' parents.”