你还不承认 赔我鱼灯
“And you still won't admit it! Pay me back for my fish lantern!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“You broke it! You broke it!”
你 还不承认 赔我鱼灯
“And you still won't admit it! Pay me back for my fish lantern!”
“Why are you bullying him? It's none of your business!”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Fish lanterns are traditional handcrafted folk art items commonly seen during Chinese festivals, symbolizing abundance and good fortune because the word for fish sounds like 'surplus'.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
still refusing to admit it
Used in arguments to call out someone who is stubbornly denying wrongdoing despite obvious blame.
compensate me / pay me back for
Followed directly by the damaged or lost object to demand financial or material replacement.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“- You should pay me back! - But I…”
“I admit everything I've done.”
“You made mistakes and didn't dare to admit them. Instead, you only blamed others.”
“- You're not getting a coin from me. - You can't…”
“Don't recognize it? Money.”
“I admit I had selfish motives at the time.”