先前我就想同你讲的
“I wanted to talk to you about this earlier,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“who knows what you would do.”
先前我 就想 同你讲的
“I wanted to talk to you about this earlier,”
可你姐拦着不让 说她来劝你
“but your sister stopped me, saying she would talk to you.”
“Don't blame me for not warning you; I knew this was a problem from the start.”
In Chinese families, sensitive topics are often delegated to siblings or trusted relatives to soften conflict and preserve face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
previously; earlier on
A common spoken marker to refer to an earlier time before a specific event occurred.
to speak with you; to tell you
Colloquial phrasing using '同' instead of '跟' or '和' to mean 'with'.
Affirms the reality of the speaker's past intent, stressing that it was genuinely considered.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I've told you this before.”
“Officer Zhu, I've already said everything I know.”
“(I should've told you back then.)”
“Didn't I tell you before?”
“Why didn't you mention this before?”
“Master, I remember you said”