我不管 我给老李都已经说好了
“I don't care. I've already agreed with Lao Li.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“How could I be a tour guide? Anyway, no matter how much they pay, I'm not going.”
我不管 我给老李 都 已经 说好了
“I don't care. I've already agreed with Lao Li.”
“Say what you want, I'm still not going. Hurry up and go down to get the fish.”
“You have to do it, because backing out will make me lose face in front of Old Li.”
Once a verbal agreement is made with an acquaintance (like 'Old Li'), breaking it causes significant loss of face, so Chinese family members often force their relatives to comply rather than cancel.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I don't care; regardless
A blunt colloquial phrase used to reject another person's excuses and insist on one's own stance.
agreed upon; settled
Used to denote that a verbal agreement has already been finalized and should not be reneged upon.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I don't care what he tells you—”
“Not my problem. This is on you.”
“I don't care what you think.”
“I don't care. Give me five million.”
“Anyway, you just have to help me.”
“Are you just ignoring me?”