- 我们为什么要离开魏阳？ - 你说为什么
“why do we have to leave Weiyang? You ask why? I'll tell you why!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
- 现在就走 - 不是 爸
“- We're leaving now. - But Dad,”
- 我们 为什么要离开 魏阳？ - 你说为什么
“why do we have to leave Weiyang? You ask why? I'll tell you why!”
“You ask why? I'll tell you why! Behind my back, you took out so many shark loans.”
“You know damn well why we have to run away after the mess you made behind my back.”
In Northern and vernacular Chinese, fathers frequently use the rough self-referential term '老子' (your father/I) to assert absolute parental dominance when infuriated by filial misbehavior.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
you tell me why; you know very well why
A sharp rhetorical counter-question used when the speaker believes the other person already knows the answer.
behind someone's back; secretly
Colloquial verb compound used when someone performs a deceitful or forbidden act without the listener's knowledge.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Leave Weiyang. Pack your things right now.”
“he wants me gone from Weiyang. But that works out too.”
“- has left Weiyang with the victims. - Got it.”
“Not even once more. You just want to keep me in Weiyang”
“Aren't you afraid that staying in Weiyang is dangerous?”
“I'm taking the train tomorrow morning back to Weiyang.”