行了行了行了 干什么呀 孩子那么大了
“Enough, enough, enough! What are you doing? The kid's grown up。”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Just up and quit without a word! Who did you tell? Did you tell anyone at all?”
行了行了行了 干什么呀 孩子那么大了
“Enough, enough, enough! What are you doing? The kid's grown up。”
“Spare him some dignity. You raised this good-for-nothing!”
“Stop humiliating him; he is an adult now and deserves some respect.”
In Chinese culture, publicly or harshly berating an adult child deprives them of 'face', prompting the other parent to step in and mediate.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
enough already / cut it out
A very common colloquial expression repeated to urgently halt someone's annoying or excessive behavior.
all grown up / already so old
Frequently used by family members to argue that someone should be treated as an independent adult rather than reprimanded like a child.
Softens the rhetorical question while expressing exasperation and urgency.
Indicates a newly attained state or age, emphasizing that the child is no longer small.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Alright. Say less.”
“Alright, stop talking.”
“All right, stop whining!”
“Enough. Stop teasing him.”
“Alright, that's enough. You talk too much.”