非要在那个小黑屋里念
“Must you read in that dark room?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
在那个书房念 不能在那个休闲室念
“read in the study? Can't you read in the lounge?”
非要 在 那个 小黑屋里念
“Must you read in that dark room?”
夫人 我不知道从什么时候开始
“Madam, I don't know since when”
“It makes no sense to study in that miserable room, but they obstinately insist on it.”
In traditional households, addressing grievances about rigid family customs often involves reporting eccentric behaviors to the matriarch ('furen') to prompt intervention.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to stubbornly insist on; to adamantly persist in
Expresses strong disapproval or annoyance toward another person's stubborn, irrational behavior.
small dark room; solitary confinement room
Often used hyperbolically in spoken Chinese to describe an unpleasantly dim, cramped room.