都是些 陈芝麻烂谷子的事情
“it's all about the past.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
要不然
“Otherwise,”
都是些 陈芝麻烂谷子 的事情
“it's all about the past.”
既然老爷已经认定了 是太太害了人
“Now that you has decided that it was my mother who harmed someone,”
“Why bring up stale old baggage that nobody cares about anymore?”
In traditional large Chinese households, old conflicts often simmer for decades, and dismissing them as trivial grain reflects an attempt to bury uncomfortable truths.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
worn-out old stories; stale grievances; old baggage
A vivid colloquial idiom used to dismiss obsolete, tedious past disputes as worthless.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It's all in the past now.”
“over so many years,”
“Why dig up that? It was a long time ago.”
“- Oh no. - Something went wrong.”
“Then stop bringing up that old, dusty stuff.”