爹可能是贵人善忘 所以才不曾提起吧
“Maybe he was too forgetful to bring that up.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
爹没和你说啊
“Father didn't tell you?”
爹可能 是 贵人善忘 所以才 不曾 提起 吧
“Maybe he was too forgetful to bring that up.”
三哥
“Xu,”
“He deliberately left me out or simply doesn't care enough to tell me, but let's pretend he's just busy.”
In traditional Chinese family dynamics, a child avoids directly accusing a parent of neglect or secrecy, using polite euphemisms instead to preserve parental dignity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
great minds have short memories; important people are often forgetful
Commonly adapted as '贵人善忘' to politely excuse someone of higher status forgetting something, often with subtle irony.
never mentioned; never brought up
A slightly formal, elegant way to say that a matter has not been spoken of in the past.
Softens the assertion into a tentative conjecture, conveying hesitation and polite deference.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Don't forget who my dad is. What's the big deal?”
“Don't you know your father's temper?”
“I've indeed neglected you.”
“Have you forgotten what your father told you?”
“Your father really was something. Couldn't he have written things a little more clearly?”
“[Endeavor] Dad, I understand now.”