你妈那人 你也不是不知道
“You know what your mom is like.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“If it weren't for buying the house, I would probably accept fate and keep our marriage.”
你妈那人 你 也不是不知道
“You know what your mom is like.”
什么都要管 什么都得听她的
“She wants to control everything. Everything has to be done her way.”
“You know how impossible your mother is to live with, so don't blame me.”
In Chinese domestic conflicts, family members frequently validate their grievances by referencing widely acknowledged, enduring flaws of another relative.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it's not like you don't know / as you well know
Used in spoken Chinese to appeal to mutual background knowledge and validate one's grievance or perspective.
that kind of person / how she/he is
A colloquial phrasing used to refer to someone's notorious personality traits or habitual behavior.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Do you know Hongtou Mazu Temple?”
“You know what, my mom likes you a lot. She even wants”
“don't you know my temper?”
“You didn't remember where I'm from?”
“Don't you know your mom?”
“Your mom misses you every day,”