你捂什么呀 我早都看见了 在那儿又抽烟
“No use hiding it, I saw it. Smoking up here”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“was for her, right? Stop asking!”
你捂什么呀 我 早都看见了 在那儿又抽烟
“No use hiding it, I saw it. Smoking up here”
又是盯着项链发呆的
“and staring at the necklace.”
“Quit hiding it, I already caught you red-handed.”
Even adult children in China frequently hide smoking or dating dilemmas from their parents out of traditional filial deference and avoidance of lecturing.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what are you covering up? / why bother hiding it?
Used rhetorically when catching someone clumsily trying to conceal an object or action.
saw it long ago
Combines '早都' to stress that an action or fact was noticed well in advance, rendering concealment pointless.
Softens the rhetorical question into playful scolding rather than fierce confrontation.
Marks the completion and established status of having witnessed the act.
