我让你别后院起火
“I told you not to let things blow up at home.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我也没什么意见 该说的都说尽了
“I don't have any opinions. Everything that needed saying has been said.”
我让你别 后院起火
“I told you not to let things blow up at home.”
我以为你听进去了 没想到还是走到了这一步
“I thought you understood. I didn't expect it to come to this.”
“I warned you to keep your personal life in order, but you ignored me.”
Traditional Chinese wisdom emphasizes that internal household peace ('后院') is essential to pursuing outward career ambitions without destabilizing distractions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
trouble at home / fire in one's backyard
A metaphorical idiom referring to internal or marital strife disrupting one's overall stability.
I told you not to...
Used to deliver an 'I told you so' reprimand after an advised mistake occurs.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Who allowed you to light a fire in this courtyard?”
“did you play with fire at home and set the place on fire?”
“The trouble is at her doorstep now.”
“So you set the fire.”
“and throwing his weight around my turf?”
“If you dare to harm my family again,”