恨不得一次就把你打个老实
“she would discipline you harshly.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你顽劣淘气了
“If you misbehaved,”
恨不得 一次就把你 打个老实
“she would discipline you harshly.”
我今天去大理寺
“Today, I read the files”
“You have pushed my patience to the limit, so learn your lesson and behave!”
In traditional Chinese culture, elders frequently use harsh rhetoric about physical discipline to stress moral rectitude and curb unruly behavior.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
wishing one could; itching to
Used before a verb phrase to indicate a strong, often exaggerated desire to do something.
beat someone into obedience
A colloquial resultative construction used in disciplinary contexts to denote forcing someone to behave through punishment.