那四个老皮(老家伙)
“Those four old guys”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这行嘛 没啥问题嘛 能走路嘛 你耍啥二球呢嘛
“Looks fine to me. You can walk. Why did you act like that?”
那四个 老皮 ( 老家伙 )
“Those four old guys”
给人家戏排不成
“couldn't rehearse their show.”
“It's entirely those stubborn old fossils who are ruining everything!”
In traditional Chinese performance troupes, senior veteran performers hold established status, often frustrating younger organizers when artistic disagreements arise.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
old geezers / stubborn old-timers (dialect)
A regional Shaanxi derogatory term used to criticize stubborn, uncooperative seniors.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Those four old men have already got one foot in the grave.”
“then the three of us”
“Yanwen must have learned from Yanyun”
“Laosi's going out”
“Ji is definitely still mad.”
“We're old folks, not far from the Four Olds.”