磕磕绊绊这不是常有的事吗
“a few bumps and scrapes when they're playing around?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
小孩子打闹
“Isn't it normal for kids to have”
磕磕绊绊 这不是 常有的事 吗
“a few bumps and scrapes when they're playing around?”
你别在这儿嚷嚷
“-Stop shouting. -Whether you have the right”
“Stop overreacting and making a scene; kids bump into each other all the time.”
Chinese social philosophy often values domestic harmony and avoiding public scenes over small disputes, encouraging parties to minimize minor grievances.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
bumps and stumbles; friction in life or physical bumping
An AABB four-character idiom used metaphorically for minor obstacles or literally for physical stumbling.
a common occurrence; happens all the time
Used to downplay a problem by portraying it as routine and unremarkable.
Forms a rhetorical question that reinforces the obviousness of the speaker's viewpoint.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“it's normal to have ups and downs.”
“Conflicts are bound to happen.”
“there will inevitably be some disputes.”
“it's natural to have ups and downs.”