你非要掰扯这么清楚的话
“If you're going to be that pedantic about it...”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I don't want people getting the wrong idea.”
你 非要 掰扯 这么清楚 的话
“If you're going to be that pedantic about it...”
那上次在火场
“What about back at the fire,”
“If you want to draw lines and keep score, then let's see who really owes whom.”
In Chinese relational ethics, trying to calculate debts and boundaries too precisely (掰扯清楚) is viewed as emotionally cold and destructive to closeness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
insist on; stubbornly persist in
Expresses the speaker's disapproval or irritation with the subject's stubborn insistence.
hash out in detail; split hairs to clarify
A vivid colloquial phrase (often northern) meaning to debate or dissect an interpersonal matter down to the smallest detail.
Marks a conditional hypothesis ('if...'), framing the impending retort.
