您明明上了年纪
“You're already old,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
您变糊涂的时候
“you were going senile.”
您 明明上了年纪
“You're already old,”
就是不肯放权
“but you just refuse to give up power.”
“You are too old for this; step aside and let me take over.”
Challenging an elder's authority is taboo in traditional hierarchy, making direct confrontation over retirement particularly aggressive.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
getting on in years; elderly
A polite and common idiomatic way to describe someone becoming advanced in age.
obviously; clearly
Used before a verb or adjective to highlight a plain, indisputable fact, often preceding a contradiction.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“She is getting old after all.”
“You really are getting old.”
“You've got old, so take good care of yourself.”
“doesn't need to wait till you're older,”
“not at all like someone your age.”
“-My father scolded him a lot when he was alive. -You're so old...”