要是不分彼此的话
“If you're going to share everything...”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
马上把钱还给他
“return the money to him immediately.”
要是 不分彼此 的话
“If you're going to share everything...”
那就归我了
“Then the money belongs to me.”
“If we are really that close, this money is practically mine anyway.”
In Chinese close relationships, strictly calculating money can be seen as emotional distancing, so claiming not to distinguish mine from yours is often used playfully or affectionately.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to make no distinction between each other; to share everything intimately
Use this chengyu to describe extremely close relationships where personal boundaries regarding property or assistance blur.
Functions as a colloquial conditional marker indicating 'if'.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But I am not blind to right and wrong. I won't twist the truth out of fear of power.”
“without thinking.”
“We couldn't even be apart even if we wanted to.”
“We stay away from each other's business.”
“Have you lost your sense of right and wrong?”
“they cannot be conflated.”