我之前可是批评过 你不要跟我 谈什么思想
“[Reluctance to sell: herdsmen compare herd sizes, and are reluctant to sell their livestock] I've criticized you before. Don't talk to me about ideals.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你这个惜售思想
“You and your reluctance to sell. [Reluctance to sell: herdsmen compare herd sizes, and are reluctant to sell their livestock]”
我之前 可是 批评过 你不要 跟我 谈什么思想
“[Reluctance to sell: herdsmen compare herd sizes, and are reluctant to sell their livestock] I've criticized you before. Don't talk to me about ideals.”
“I just want my pasture. Without the pasture, where will we live?”
“Cut the political lecture; it won't work on me.”
When grassroots livelihoods are threatened, high-minded political or ideological labels ('思想') are often rejected as unhelpful rhetoric.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
talk about what / don't bring up...
Used colloquially to reject or belittle an abstract concept brought up by the other party.
indeed / exactly
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to show strong agreement, though here '可是' marks an emphatic contrast.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I made myself very clear to you last time. Don't cross my line.”
“(Chapter 236: Trouble from Su) and don't want to discuss it further, that itself is a problem.”