我跟你说 有大灰狼
“Let me tell you, there's a big bad wolf.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“If you cry, you'll wake them up, okay?”
我跟你说 有大灰狼
“Let me tell you, there's a big bad wolf.”
大灰狼要听到小朋友哭了 就过来了 不哭了不哭了
“If it hears a child crying, it'll come. Don't cry.”
“Stop crying right now, or something scary will come get you!”
Invoking mythical beasts or wolves (大灰狼) to deter crying or disobedience is a pervasive traditional folk parenting habit in China.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
let me tell you / listen to me
A colloquial conversational opener used to grab the listener's immediate attention before making a statement.
big bad wolf
The standard archetypal villain in Chinese children's stories, often invoked by parents to deter misbehavior.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Let me tell you.”
“Let me tell you, people all say I”
“Listen, you did a great job today.”
“I'm telling you, she's huge now.”
“You didn't tell her what I said to you?”
“Let me tell you. You are of great use right now!”