你说你早点回家多好 非要搞什么惊喜
“You should have gone home earlier instead of preparing surprise,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
还没来得及呢
“I have no time to tell her.”
你说你 早点回家多好 非要搞什么惊喜
“You should have gone home earlier instead of preparing surprise,”
“so you might get help from your experienced dad. Now you've trapped yourself.”
“You should have trusted us and asked for our help instead of acting clever and messing things up.”
Chinese parents often convey intense care and protective instinct through blunt scolding, viewing self-reliance that leads to setbacks as unnecessary defiance of parental wisdom.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to insist on doing something contrary to advice
Used to express exasperation at someone stubbornly persisting with an unnecessary or unwise action.
pull off some kind of surprise
Often used dismissively to criticize someone whose attempt at being thoughtful or romantic backfired.
