你不打算 同我好好算账
“Don't you want to settle the score with me”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Will you truly let me off so easily?”
你 不打算 同我 好好算账
“Don't you want to settle the score with me”
让我付出代价吗
“and make me pay?”
“Stop pretending nothing happened and confront me like you should.”
Interpersonal conflicts in Chinese culture are often framed as debts or accounts ('zhang') that must be cleared to restore balance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
settle accounts; reckon with someone
Literally balancing ledgers, but idiomatically used for getting even or settling grievances.
properly; thoroughly
Reduplicated adverb indicating that the action should be executed thoroughly and seriously.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and have never set me up before.”
“If I really had a grudge against you, I wouldn't have waited until today.”
“I won't hold any of these against you.”
“I haven't settled this score with you yet.”