再提咱俩绝交 不提 不提
“Shut up. Bring it up again, and we're through. Sure, just tell me how your mom punished you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不许提
“Shut up. Bring it up again, and we're through.”
再提咱俩 绝交 不提 不提
“Shut up. Bring it up again, and we're through. Sure, just tell me how your mom punished you.”
我就问问阿姨是咋收拾你的
“Sure, just tell me how your mom punished you.”
“Seriously, drop this topic, it's way too humiliating for me.”
In close Chinese friendships, declaring '绝交' is a typical dramatic hyperbole used to halt awkward ribbing rather than an actual friendship termination.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to break off friendly relations; to sever ties
Literally serious, but frequently used between close friends as playful hyperbole to stop someone from teasing.
bring it up again
Used as a condition in warnings to stop someone from continuing a forbidden topic.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What's wrong? Are you cutting ties with me?”
“the past again. Why can't I bring it up?”
“does that mean we'll never have to see each other again?”
“You are going to break up with your two brothers?”
“he'd cut me off.”
“I won't separate you two. You're both my dads.”