回也不改其乐呀
“You never change.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
人不堪其忧 爹 要不您再移个贵体 好
“People can't bear it. Father, why don't you move another noble body? Okay.”
回也不改其乐 呀
“You never change.”
好 好好好 好
“Okay. Okay. Okay.”
“Look at you, staying cheerful despite the hardship, just like the great ancient sage!”
In the Analects, Confucius praised his disciple Yan Hui for remaining happy even when living in poverty; here it is playfully cited as domestic banter.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
remaining joyful despite hardship / unflagging cheerfulness
A literary idiom taken from Confucius praising someone who remains positive in modest or difficult circumstances.
Softens the classical bookish quotation into a warm, colloquial, teasing banter.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“that I'll definitely return it in its original condition.”
“you can change everything any way you want.”
“you can't change back?”
“I can't believe we're back here again.”
“change?”
“We can't go back,”