你收个徒弟 又不会掉块肉
“Teaching him won't make you lose.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
对吧 你就收了人家呗
“Right? Just accept him.”
你收个徒弟 又 不会 掉块肉
“Teaching him won't make you lose.”
你这还多一个帮手 多好一小伙子 是吧 这样
“You'll get a helper, a good young man. Right? Alright, let me show you.”
“Stop being so difficult, it won't hurt you at all to do this.”
Mentorship in traditional Chinese settings involves significant commitment and responsibility, which explains why the speaker must work hard to persuade the master.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
lose a piece of flesh; suffer a real loss
A vivid colloquial idiom used with negative words to emphasize that doing something will cause zero personal damage or loss.
take on an apprentice
Commonly used in traditional crafts, professions, or martial arts to describe mentoring someone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I took in a good disciple.”
“Do you take apprentices?”
“You're my only apprentice. If you embarrass me,”
“decided not to accept you as a disciple—”
“Your apprentice? Why would I have brought him here with me, otherwise?”
“Your disciple is quit good. He's made some progress.”