他他 他现在就是个老小孩儿
“He's… he's a big kid now.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Otherwise, you know, he'll really get upset.”
他他 他现在 就是个 老小孩儿
“He's… he's a big kid now.”
哎呀
“Come on, take a nap.”
“Do not take his bad temper personally; he has regressed into being a spoiled toddler.”
Chinese culture holds that as people reach extreme old age, they regress into childhood, requiring family members to show unconditional patience and filial indulgence.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
an old child; an elderly person who acts like a childish toddler
An affectionate, colloquial term used to excuse stubborn, petulant behavior in elderly parents or relatives.
is simply; is nothing more than
Used in spoken Chinese to reduce or simplify a person's behavior to an archetype.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He...”
“He's just a kid.”
“He's nothing!”
“but he still treats me like I'm a child.”
“He is nothing but a brainless brute.”
“He seems like an honest young man.”