你可别问他
“Don't ask him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“(Painter Qi Baishi) I'll read carefully. If there's anything I don't understand, I'll ask Fang Muyang.”
你 可别 问他
“Don't ask him.”
他小的时候学画 就三天打鱼两天晒网
“He always slacked off when he learned to paint as a kid.”
“Don't count on him; he is totally unreliable and knows nothing.”
In close Chinese relationships, people often frankly debunk family members' supposed expertise without malice, showing intimacy through bluntness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
definitely do not / whatever you do, don't
Used before a verb to give an emphatic warning or urgent piece of advice.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Don't forget,”
“Stop talking.”
“Don't talk nonsense.”
“Don't get the wrong idea.”
“You should ask him.”
“You absolutely cannot tell anyone else.”