这小子 跟他师父一个德行
“This kid is just like his master.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“has his reasons to reject your call.”
这小子 跟他师父 一个德行
“This kid is just like his master.”
高先生
“Mr. Gao,”
“He is just as impossible and annoying to deal with as his mentor was.”
In traditional Chinese master-disciple relationships, apprentices are expected to inherit not only technical skills but also the mentor's temperamental quirks and stubborn worldview.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
this kid / this young fellow
A colloquial way to refer to a younger male, carrying either affectionate teasing or mild irritation depending on context.
cut from the same cloth / behaving the exact same bad way
A derogatory or sarcastic idiom used to criticize someone for exhibiting the same annoying traits or bad habits as someone else.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“This kid is acting quite strange today.”
“This kid's really good.”
“This guy is something.”
“You scoundrel. Can't you see us?”
“He's really cunning.”
“Well, you're making some progress.”