快别看你那破书了
“Quit reading that lousy book.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那书上说了 娃脸红的话得警惕呢
“The book says a red face is something to watch out for.”
快 别看 你那破书了
“Quit reading that lousy book.”
“He's crying so hard, of course his face is red.”
“Stop overreacting with theoretical nonsense; it's completely normal for a crying baby to be red in the face.”
A common point of domestic friction in contemporary China between traditional empirical intuition and modern textbook-guided parenting.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
hurry and stop; please don't
Used as an urgent or impatient imperative to stop someone from continuing an annoying or pointless action.
useless book; lousy book
Attaching 破 (pò) before an everyday noun expresses contempt, devaluation, or mild annoyance toward the object.
Functions with the negative command 别 to indicate cessation of the current action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“don't consider yourself superior just because you went to a good college.”
“You've got all my old books out.”
“Why didn't I seriously read this stupid novel?”
“When you're reading my books, wash your hands first. If you can't finish, that's fine,”
“Can you even finish all these books?”
“What's the name of this book?”