你有时候对他不要太严厉
“Don't be too hard on him sometimes.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“he doesn't eat with us anymore.”
你有时候对他 不要太严厉
“Don't be too hard on him sometimes.”
“What problems could there be between father and son?”
“Ease up on him before you drive him away completely.”
Traditional Chinese family dynamics often cast the father as the strict disciplinarian, requiring the other parent to act as an emotional buffer to maintain family harmony.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
don't be too strict
Used to soften parenting or supervisory conduct when someone is perceived as overly harsh.
sometimes / occasionally
Used as a softening buffer to make criticism sound constructive rather than absolute.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why are you so hard on yourself?”
“Am I usually that strict with you?”
“Don't agitate him too much!”
“don't you think you were too harsh on him?”
“They were bullying him.”
“Aren't you a bit too strict with Bao'er?”