孺子可教
“Teachable.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
莫非眼前所景 对城主有所触动
“Could it be that the sight before the mayor has touched him?”
孺子可教
“Teachable.”
我说卫大人 你好歹统领护卫军 怎么看上去
“Well, Lord Wei, you command the Guardian Corps after all. Why do you look like”
“You finally caught on to what I was thinking.”
Using classical sayings like '孺子可教' (from the Han dynasty story of Zhang Liang) inherently frames the speaker as a knowledgeable elder and the listener as an apprentice.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a promising youth worthy of being taught; apt pupil
A classical idiom commonly used playfully or patronizingly when someone younger or subordinate quickly grasps a point.