竖子不足与谋 不谋就不谋 我就不爱跟你谋
“-Stop arguing. -You're not worth working with. Fine, then don't work with me! I don't even want to work with you!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不是 你俩别吵了 你俩不要再吵了好不好
“-I am beyond saving. -Enough! You two stop arguing. -Stop arguing. -You're not worth working with.”
竖子不足与谋 不谋就不谋 我就不 爱跟你谋
“-Stop arguing. -You're not worth working with. Fine, then don't work with me! I don't even want to work with you!”
爹 爹 我明白万福的意思 你看这样写啊
“Dad, I understand what Wanfu means. Look, let's write it like this,”
“You think you're so smart calling me names? Fine, I'm done working with an idiot like you anyway.”
Chinese speakers frequently borrow well-known literary idioms—here Xiang Yu's advisor Fan Zeng—to sound grand and intellectually superior even in petty arguments.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it is useless to plot with an ignorant boy / simpleton
A famous historical quote from the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), used dramatically or contemptuously to dismiss an unworthy partner.
simply have no desire to; flatly refuse to
A common colloquial Northern Chinese phrasing expressing stubborn refusal or disdain.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“"This brat is not worthy of conspiring over important matters."”
“why are covert schemes used more than overt ones?”
“I wouldn't kill you for it.”
“Because the success rate of overt schemes is much lower than covert ones.”
“Are you planning rebellion? Nonsense!”
“and your years of planning won't be in vain.”