别吵吵了 都瞅着呢
“Please don't shout. Everyone's looking.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
李万成
“Li Wancheng. Li Wancheng!”
别吵吵了 都 瞅着 呢
“Please don't shout. Everyone's looking.”
瞅我咋地
“So what if they look at me? Come on.”
“Keep quiet, you are embarrassing us in front of everyone.”
Causing a public spectacle (吵吵) and drawing the gaze of strangers causes severe loss of face; stopping public fights is often motivated by shame before outsiders.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
stop making a racket / stop arguing loudly
A strongly colloquial, often Northern Chinese expression used to silence someone making loud noise or arguing.
staring / watching
The verb 瞅 is common dialectal speech for 'look' or 'stare'; paired with 呢 to indicate an ongoing action.
Combined with 别 to form a firm prohibitive command meaning 'stop doing that'.
Emphasizes the ongoing state of bystanders looking, underscoring the urgency.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Don't start a fight. -Talk properly. -Yeah. So many people are watching.”
“Just stop. I'm sick of it.”
“Stop bickering. Litter woman.”