不会变通 小哥
“You're being silly. Ziqiu,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I can make money! Why should I take his money? Look at you!”
不会变通 小哥
“You're being silly. Ziqiu,”
“this is the fruit tea for you. My hands are dirty. Help me with it.”
“You're so stubborn and impractical, but you're still my brother.”
In Chinese culture, being able to 'biantong' (bend rules flexibly according to circumstance) is highly valued as practical social wisdom rather than a breach of ethics.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
inflexible; unable to adapt to circumstances
Commonly used to critique someone whose rigid principles or methods lead to unnecessary hardship.
older brother; bro
An intimate term of address among non-blood or younger siblings, or casually to delivery drivers and young men.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“change?”
“I haven't changed. I'll keep my word.”
“As long as you don't change your mind,”
“If you don't change,”
“Not one bit has changed. Come on. How is that?”
“you can't change back?”