长不长记性 长不长记性
“Will you ever learn?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
吃颗糖
“Have a candy.”
长 不长记性 长 不长记性
“Will you ever learn?”
山上何人
“Who is on the mountain?”
“Have you finally learned your lesson, or do I need to punish you more?”
Repetitive rhetorical questions in Chinese parenting and mentorship serve to reinforce moral hierarchy and compel the subordinate to reflect on their fault rather than elicit an actual factual answer.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to learn from past mistakes; to take a lesson to heart
A very common spoken idiom used by elders, teachers, or close peers when someone repeats an error or faces consequences.