这范川老儿不在 也就罢了
“It's fine that old Fan Chuan isn't here.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“[Virtue Equal to Heaven and Earth] How did it suddenly become so quiet?”
这范川老儿不在 也就罢了
“It's fine that old Fan Chuan isn't here.”
“I couldn't care less about that old fool, but missing the other person truly ruins my mood.”
Appending '老儿' to someone's name indicates lack of deference, used among peers or by superiors to casually dismiss or demean an older individual.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
so be it; let it pass; that's fine enough
Used to concede or write off an undesirable situation as tolerable, often contrasting it with something more severe.
old man; old chap (colloquial, often derogatory)
A spoken, informal suffix attached to a name denoting familiarity, condescension, or disrespect.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Now that Fan Chuan's power is gone,”
“That old fool Fan Chuan has always been so stubborn!”
“left the Hall of Literary Profundity, and now with you gone as well,”
“Right now, Fan Chuan is so sick he can't get out of bed. Anyone can see that”
“About a hundred thousand words. Fan,”
“Fan, come, explain what's going on.”