你进屋睡会儿吧 大半夜不睡觉 在这儿作妖
“Get some sleep. She doesn't sleep, causing this mess.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
妈 赶紧带她带屋里 我的馒头 馒头 妈
“- Mom. - Take her away. - My buns. - Mom.”
你 进屋 睡会儿 吧 大半夜不睡觉 在这 儿 作妖
“Get some sleep. She doesn't sleep, causing this mess.”
妈你进屋睡会儿
“Mom, go to sleep.”
“You are driving everyone crazy with your antics, just go to bed and leave us alone.”
The term '作妖' ties into the cultural concept of 'zuo', where an individual's irrational or melodramatic antics test the patience and disrupt the harmony of the entire household.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to make trouble / act up out of nowhere
A highly colloquial Northern Chinese expression used to criticize someone for bizarre, disruptive, or attention-seeking behavior.
in the dead of night / the middle of the night
Used idiomatically to emphasize the inappropriate late-night timing of an activity.
Softens the imperative into an exasperated suggestion or urging, trying to defuse the scene.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Not going in? Then I'll sleep here. That won't do.”
“How about we go inside and sleep?”
“Go to sleep. It's not going to dry tonight.”
“I can go sleep in the main room. There's not even a bed there.”
“Go get some more sleep. It's still early.”
“Go get some more sleep. It's still early.”