非得去跟夏晓兰置气
“But you insisted on going and picking a fight with Xia Xiaolan.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“If you'd just prepared well to be a mistress in the Du family, wouldn't that have been enough?”
非得 去跟夏晓兰 置气
“But you insisted on going and picking a fight with Xia Xiaolan.”
“If you hadn't tried to do that, maybe”
“You ruined everything because of your petty, stupid pride.”
Chinese distinguishes between healthy ambition (争气) and self-destructive emotional squabbling (置气), criticizing the latter as short-sighted.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
insist on; stubbornly must
Used to express criticism or bewilderment at someone's obstinate behavior.
to hold a grudge; to sulk or feud out of spite
A colloquial northern term describing futile emotional fighting or venting spite.