自古以来都没这么唱戏的
“No one has done opera like that.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我羞他先人
“How shameless.”
自古以来 都没这么唱戏的
“No one has done opera like that.”
那咱们这么唱
“If we do it this way,”
“You are breaking all the rules and making a mockery of our heritage!”
In traditional Chinese opera, lineages and ancestral performance conventions are treated with utmost sanctity, making radical deviations taboo to purists.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
since ancient times; throughout history
Use this four-character idiom to emphasize that a custom, belief, or principle has an unbroken historical precedent.
to perform Chinese traditional opera; to sing opera
A common colloquial term for performing traditional Chinese opera genres such as Peking or Qinqiang opera.
Completes the nominalized pattern '没这么...的', reinforcing an assertive categorical judgment.
