你这打心眼儿一开始
“From the start,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
也别掏这钱了
“don't bother paying.”
你这 打心眼儿 一开始
“From the start,”
不就想自己焊个炉子吗
“you just wanted to weld a grill yourself,”
“Don't pretend; I know this was your real plan all along.”
In close Chinese relationships, friends and family frequently tease one another by bluntly pointing out underlying motivations rather than entertaining polite excuses.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
from the bottom of one's heart; deep down inside
A highly authentic northern spoken idiom used to emphasize genuine, deeply held feelings or underlying motives.
from the very beginning; at the start
Common temporal marker indicating the origin of an attitude or process.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why are you worrying about this?”
“You are just too sincere-hearted for your own good.”
“Why are you so careless?”
“I'm telling you. That beating was for nothing.”
“or does she look down on me?”
“You just started out.”