既然不会说话 要舌头有什么用
“Your words carry no grace. What's the point of a having a tongue?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
民女不敢 民女只是一时心急说错了话
“I dare not. I spoke out of turn in the heat of the moment.”
既然 不会说话 要舌头 有什么用
“Your words carry no grace. What's the point of a having a tongue?”
把她舌头割了
“Cut her tongue off!”
“You offended me with your words, so I am going to have your tongue removed.”
In traditional autocratic settings, speaking out of turn or offending a superior was considered a major crime, often punishable by bodily mutilation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
since you don't know how to talk properly / politely
Used to reprimand someone who has made an offensive, clumsy, or tactless verbal blunder.
what is the use of...; what good is...
A frequent rhetorical pattern expressing total futility or worthlessness of an object or action.
