你怎么就不知道拦着她点呢
“Why didn't you stop her?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“What is she thinking, bringing a strange man home?”
你 怎么就不 知道 拦着 她点呢
“Why didn't you stop her?”
你看看那张脸
“Look at that face,”
“You just stood by and let this disaster happen—you are equally to blame!”
Bringing strangers into the family residence without collective consent is regarded as a major breach of domestic prudence and trust in traditional households.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how could you not even think to...
A highly reproachful rhetorical pattern used when criticizing someone for failing to exercise common sense.
hold back a little; intervene slightly
Used colloquially to suggest making at least a moderate effort to hold someone back or dissuade them.
Emphasizes the rhetorical question and amplifies the speaker's dissatisfaction.