当着孩子面你胡说八道什么呀
“Why did you have to speak nonsense when our son's around?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
跟那个小狐狸精见面 胡永平
“for your dad to meet with his side piece. Hu Yongping!”
当着孩子面 你胡说 八道 什么呀
“Why did you have to speak nonsense when our son's around?”
“What did I do wrong? Spare me that crap.”
“Shut up, not in front of our kid!”
In Chinese culture, maintaining marital disputes or adult scandals away from children's ears is considered paramount to preserve family harmony and parental authority.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in front of the child
Set phrase used in domestic arguments to set boundaries regarding what topics are inappropriate before children.
talking nonsense; spouting rubbish
A very common colloquial idiom used to strongly refute someone's claim as false or absurd.
Softens the phonetics but heightens the urgency and exasperation in a rhetorical question.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Let's not argue in front of children, okay?”
“I've tried saving your face in front of our child.”
“I don't even bother mentioning you to him.”
“Listen to yourself, what you said is too childish.”
“how she could keep pestering Xiao”
“Why did I tell a kid about this?”