要收我做关门弟子的时候
“wanted to take me as his disciple,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你爹当年
“When your father”
要收我做关门弟子的时候
“wanted to take me as his disciple,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Taking a 'closing-the-door disciple' implies that the master commits all final legacy teachings to this last chosen student, carrying immense prestige and scrutiny.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
last disciple accepted by a master / apprentice taken before retirement
Used in arts, crafts, and martial traditions to refer to the ultimate and often most favored student a master ever takes.
Forms a nominalized time clause together with 时候 to set the temporal background.