你当时就不应该跟她说实话
“You shouldn't have told her the truth back then.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就惦记着太爷身上的钱 还有地契
“is just thinking about the master's money and title deeds.”
你当时 就不应该 跟她说 实话
“You shouldn't have told her the truth back then.”
这房子本来就是你的 你把租子收回来
“This house is yours anyway. If you collect the rent,”
“You were foolishly honest, and your big mouth ruined our advantage.”
In high-stakes family property disputes, absolute honesty is often viewed as foolish naivety rather than a virtue if predatory relatives take advantage of it.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
simply shouldn't have; was a mistake to
Used with emphatic '就' to express strong retroactive disapproval of an action that led to bad consequences.
to tell the truth
Refers to speaking candidly or revealing facts, here framed as a strategic blunder.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I won't tell her about you.”
“Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing at the time?”
“Then why did you lie last time?”
“Why didn't you tell me the truth?”
“(I should've told you back then.)”
“I shouldn't have said those things to you.”