别在这儿装孝子贤孙了
“Stop playing the devoted brother.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
行了
“Give it a rest.”
别在这儿 装孝子贤孙 了
“Stop playing the devoted brother.”
闭嘴
“Shut up!”
“Drop the virtuous act; we all know you do not actually care about the elders.”
Filial piety is highly revered in Chinese society, making false displays of devotion an especially potent target for moral contempt.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to pretend to be a dutiful, filial descendant
A derogatory idiom used to mock someone who puts on a hypocritical display of devotion toward family elders.
Indicates an imperative demand for the cessation of an ongoing, irritating behavior.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Drop this "loving daughter" act. Enough, both of you.”
“They say there are no filial sons at the bedside of the long-term sick.”
“You don't need to keep working so hard pretending to be the dutiful son here.”