我不让住 他们非得住
“I said no, but they insist.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
让不让住是你的事
“Whether you let them or not is your call.”
我 不让 住 他们 非得住
“I said no, but they insist.”
你们家大老板
“Does your big boss,”
“Don't blame me; my hands were tied because they wouldn't take no for an answer.”
When confronted with failure or breach of rules, speakers often emphasize that their objections were overridden by external social pressure or stubborn guests to protect their own standing.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not allow / forbid
A very common spoken structure to express disallowing or preventing an action.
insist on / stubbornly persist in
Expresses strong disapproval or annoyance toward someone else's stubborn insistence on doing something.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Since they won't let you stay here anymore, where else could we go?”
“Why must you live here? This house is important to me.”
“Stop it, all of you!”
“Stop it! What is this nonsense?”
“That's a bit harsh, isn't it? If we don't live here, are we supposed to live on the streets?”
“why do we have to live together?”