我们可是她的长辈
“Don't forget we're senior to her.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
怎么能在我们家耀武扬威 对我们呼来喝去的
“throw her weight around in the family and boss us around?”
我们 可是她的长辈
“Don't forget we're senior to her.”
这个家 纲常没了 规矩没了
“There are no morals or rules in this family anymore.”
“She has no right to disrespect us given our status as her seniors.”
Confucian familial ethics place strict emphasis on respecting elders; violating this hierarchy by bossing seniors around is seen as a severe moral offense.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
after all / indeed (used for emphasis)
Here, '可是' is used emphatically to highlight an undeniable status or condition rather than merely contrasting ideas.
elders / senior generation
A crucial cultural term referring to individuals of an older generational rank within an extended family.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We're related.”
“But it's really difficult for us to understand the elders' affairs.”
“We grew up together.”