祖父不用告诉你
“you don't need me”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那魏严的秉性
“As for Wei Yan's nature—”
祖父不用 告诉你
“you don't need me”
“You are sharp enough to already know how dangerous and cunning he is.”
Patriarchs in aristocratic families expect successors to infer political realities through subtle cues rather than blatant explanations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
need not tell you; does not require stating
Used to emphasize that something should already be common sense to the listener.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you must not let your Dad know.”
“Do you want to call your grandfather then?”
“But he wouldn't want you to waste your life like this.”
“Father has not yet seen...”
“And stop using Grandpa as an excuse.”
“You don't even recognize your grandpa?”