这事你不能跟妈说 你不跟妈说我的事
“you can't tell Mom about this. If you don't tell Mom about me,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
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“Well,”
这事你 不能跟妈说 你不跟妈说我的事
“you can't tell Mom about this. If you don't tell Mom about me,”
“Let's make a deal: keep your mouth shut about me, and I won't rat you out either.”
In Chinese households, siblings or peers frequently form pacts of secrecy to avoid intense parental supervision or maternal worrying.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
must not tell (someone)
A frequent conversational pattern to demand confidentiality from an interlocutor.
my personal business / my situation
Used colloquially to refer broadly to one's private affairs or problems.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“don't tell your mom about this?”
“don't tell your mom or sister, okay?”
“Don't give it to her mom, got it? Got it.”
“Dad, don't tell Mom about this. Or she'll lose sleep again.”