你别告诉我 你不知道儿子有病
“Don't tell me that you know nothing about Ling Xiao's disease.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
陈婷
“Chen Ting?”
你别告诉我 你不知道 儿子有病
“Don't tell me that you know nothing about Ling Xiao's disease.”
我当然知道了
“Of course I know.”
“You have no right to pretend you are innocent or oblivious to our son's illness.”
Chinese domestic morality places immense weight on vigilance over a child's well-being; claiming ignorance of a child's suffering is viewed as moral failure.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
don't tell me...
Used to introduce an incredulous rhetorical accusation, implying that an excuse would be completely unacceptable.
to be ill / sick
Literally means having an illness; in casual arguments it can mean 'crazy', but here it refers to an actual medical condition.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Don't tell me you're not aware of his illness.”
“If you didn't tell anyone you're sick, who'd have thought you are?”
“Nonsense. I didn't know anything.”
“just pretend you don't know about my difficulties.”
“Don't think I don't know what you're thinking.”
“Don't you know your daughter's sick?”
“Let me tell you, don't think I don't see through you.”