老鬼头在外面也没说我一句好话
“Old man never said a kind word about me?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那种又嫌弃 又骄傲的语气 就像是在说自己的女儿
“in a tone that was half annoyed, half proud, like you were his own daughter.”
老鬼头 在外面也 没说我一句好话
“Old man never said a kind word about me?”
“He was a good man, just with a sharp tongue.”
“He never praises me openly, but I know deep down he is proud of me.”
Traditional Chinese elders and masters often express profound pride through criticism and scolding rather than open praise to keep their disciples humble.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
old rascal; old devil (an affectionate nickname for an eccentric elderly man)
Use only toward close elders or teachers in very intimate, affectionate, and informal contexts.
didn't say a single good thing about me
A common colloquial expression to describe someone speaking critically or harshly about you behind your back or in public.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He had too many types of poison. I'm not sure.”
“Don't scare me. Old man?”
“You don't know me, but you know the old man, don't you?”
“But I heard he's very hard to deal with.”
“That old man passed away on the Chinese New Year's Eve.”
“the whereabouts of the ghost guard and Chang Shou as quickly as possible,”