你跑出来学人做生意
“you're out here trying to do business.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Instead of staying in your room doing embroidery,”
你跑 出来 学人 做生意
“you're out here trying to do business.”
“Aren't you just asking to be a laughingstock?”
“You don't belong here and you're just making a fool of yourself.”
In traditional patriarchal Chinese society, women were expected to stay in the inner chambers (闺房); public commercial enterprise was stigmatized as unladylike and improper.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
copying others by doing business; playing at being an entrepreneur
The pattern '学人 + verb' carries a disparaging nuance, implying the person is merely imitating others without genuine capability.
run out (of one's place); step out
Used here with negative judgment to imply abandoning one's proper domestic sphere.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But you're still in school. How can you do business?”
“In business, you have to rely on yourself.”
“Starting a business really helps you grow.”
“is just about selling wine and dealing with clients,”
“you would be out visiting stores at this hour.”
“When you're out there doing business,”