他还屡教不改 好
“But he never learns. Alright.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
对 而且这都不是 第一次了 上回我也打他
“Right. And that wasn't the first time. I hit him last time too.”
他还 屡教不改 好
“But he never learns. Alright.”
爸跟你说啊 苓苓
“Listen to me, Zhuling.”
“Since reasoning with him didn't work, he has left us with no choice but to be tough.”
Physical discipline or severe reprimands within Chinese parenting are traditionally rationalized when the child is perceived as 'repeatedly refusing to correct wrongdoing'.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
refusing to mend one's ways despite repeated education; incorrigible
A formal four-character idiom (chengyu) commonly adopted in colloquial speech to condemn persistent bad habits.