张塾师 你这也太不地道了
“Mr. Zhang, it's so indecent to go back on your own words.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
要么算了吧
“our previous deal.”
张塾师 你这也 太 不地道 了
“Mr. Zhang, it's so indecent to go back on your own words.”
张塾师
“Mr. Zhang,”
“You are supposed to be an educator, but what you did was petty and completely out of line.”
While 'didao' literally refers to authenticity, in social interactions it denotes basic fairness and integrity; calling someone 'bu didao' directly challenges their moral character.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
dishonorable; not fair; underhanded
A staple Northern Mandarin spoken term used to condemn someone's unprincipled conduct or shoddy behavior.
way too...
A standard construction to strongly emphasize dissatisfaction or negative assessment.
Functions as a sentence-final particle reinforcing the speaker's emotional assessment and subjective exclamation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“or to you, Mr. Zhang?”
“saying the private school was bought by someone else. I want to go back and check.”
“He gave you this school, so he must want something in return.”
“Then come listen to the lesson. As you command.”
“Haven't you heard the story?”
“A few words from me fooled you into calling me "Sir".”