呸 呸呸呸 什么最后一面
“Pah! "One last time"? Pah!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“you could have seen your uncle one last time.”
呸 呸呸呸 什么 最后一面
“Pah! "One last time"? Pah!”
怎么了
“What happened?”
“Bite your tongue! Don't jinx him like that!”
In traditional Chinese culture, casually mentioning death or parting is believed to attract misfortune; saying 'pei pei pei' acts as a ritualistic verbal cleansing to nullify the jinx.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
pooh-pooh / spitting sound to ward off bad luck
An onomatopoeic exclamation commonly uttered repeatedly to symbolically cancel out an ominous or unlucky statement.
the very last time seeing someone (before death)
A culturally sensitive collocation loaded with gravity, typically reserved for deathbeds or final partings.