老四那性子你也知道
“You know Yanwen.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
因为当年五爷的事儿 担心四爷
“Are you worried about him because of the Fifth Master?”
老四那 性子 你也知道
“You know Yanwen.”
他若是入了官场
“He'll get himself trouble”
“You know how stubborn and unyielding he is; he is going to bring trouble upon himself.”
In traditional China, surviving imperial officialdom required tact and compromise; an unyielding moral disposition was considered a liability for a clan member.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
that temperament / that stubborn disposition
Used informally to refer to someone's notorious, often inflexible personality traits.
as you know / you know full well
A pragmatic discourse marker used to establish common ground and presuppose agreement.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Yanwen must have learned from Yanyun”
“Ji is definitely still mad.”
“and enduring that 40 strokes of the cane— I just think...”
“Laosi's going out”
“If Laosi wants to try something new, we should support him, right?”
“But the Fourth actually asked Lord Chen”