你师父小时候是把你打美了你
“Your master beat you hard when you were a kid.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不跟你师父 一下就混好了是不是
“That's why you made it big, huh?”
你师父 小时候 是把你 打美了 你
“Your master beat you hard when you were a kid.”
一挨打 你就往我那儿跑 让我护着你
“Every time, you'd come to me for protection.”
“Don't act so smug now; you used to get beaten all the time until you ran to me for cover.”
In traditional Chinese master-apprentice relationships (shifu), corporal punishment was historically seen as tough love necessary for instilling skills and character.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
beaten thoroughly / spoiled by beatings (ironic dialectal slang)
A colloquial northern expression used ironically to imply someone received plenty of discipline or needs a reality check.
Indicates completion or a resulting state, contributing to the ironic emphasis of the verbal predicate.
