大师兄
“Dalou!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
怎么了
“Lingbo, what's wrong?”
大师兄
“Dalou!”
他
“He hit me.”
“Something terrible has happened regarding our Eldest Senior Brother, and I barely know how to say it.”
Traditional Chinese master-disciple relationships mirror family structures. The first male disciple to join a master is called 'Da Shixiong' (Eldest Senior Brother) and holds significant authority and responsibility over junior disciples.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
eldest senior brother (top male disciple under the same master)
Used in traditional martial arts, acrobatics, or opera troupes, and playfully in modern graduate school lab groups for the most senior male student.