就让她吃点苦头
“Then let her learn her lesson the hard way.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我这当哥哥的治不了她
“I can't keep her under control.”
就 让她 吃点苦头
“Then let her learn her lesson the hard way.”
对
“Yes.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese parenting and sibling dynamics, enduring hardship ('eating bitterness') is considered an indispensable moral corrective for spoiled or reckless youth.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to suffer hardship; to learn a hard lesson
A very common colloquial idiom meaning to experience tough times, often seen as necessary for personal growth.