用得着我的时候 是心肝肉
“When you needed me, I was your darling.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
好啊你
“How dare you!”
用得着 我的时候 是 心肝肉
“When you needed me, I was your darling.”
用不着我了 就是老天派来害你的 亏你还是个阁臣
“Now that you don't, I'm your punishment! And you call yourself a Grand Secretary?”
“You only act sweet to me when you want my help, you opportunist.”
Chinese spouses often use exaggerated complaints of neglect or transactional affection to demonstrate intimacy without formal emotional confessions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to have a need for; to be useful
Commonly contrasted with its negative form to describe conditional usefulness.
darling; apple of one's eye
An exaggerated, affectionate domestic term for someone deeply cherished.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You'll need me someday.”
“Who needs you to buy it? Trying to show off?”
“Such impeccable timing for a show of mercy.”
“Do I need you to hold me up?”
“about such a trivial matter?”
“would you have to work day and night like this?”