那也别再提那些 陈谷子烂芝麻的事了
“Then stop bringing up that old, dusty stuff.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我不会允许她来抢饭碗
“I won't let her take my spot.”
那也 别再提 那些 陈谷子烂芝麻 的事了
“Then stop bringing up that old, dusty stuff.”
她也不容易
“She's had it rough.”
“Let by-gones be by-gones; dwelling on old petty grievances helps no one.”
Chinese interpersonal pragmatics frequently urges disputants to bury the hatchet by framing past issues as trivial and emphasizing collective tolerance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
old petty grievances; ancient, trivial history
A popular Chinese idiom used dismissively when asking people to stop dragging up insignificant past disputes.
Signifies a change in action or state, here urging a cessation of mentioning past issues.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why dig up that? It was a long time ago.”
“it's all about the past.”
“It's all in the past now.”