要是都讲道理 这世界上早没有坏人了
“If everyone is reasonable, there will be no bad person.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他有什么资格来找你
“on what grounds could he come to see you?”
要是 都 讲道理 这世界上 早没有坏人了
“If everyone is reasonable, there will be no bad person.”
“He can't persuade you, so he might come to your home.”
“Stop being so naive; expecting a scoundrel to behave rationally is completely useless.”
While traditional Chinese social harmony emphasizes 'reasoning things out' (讲理), street wisdom acknowledges that unscrupulous individuals operate outside moral frameworks and require pragmatic caution.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to listen to reason / to be sensible
A common phrase denoting adherence to logic, fairness, and moral etiquette in social interactions.
would have long ceased to exist
Used in counterfactual statements to emphasize an absurd hypothetical outcome.
Highlights the completed, resultant hypothetical state within the counterfactual conditional clause.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Be reasonable, okay? How am I not?”
“Is it fair? It makes no sense! Stop yelling here.”
“You know, I'm a reasonable man too.”
“Do you even make sense? - What do you mean? - Sit down.”
“Me? I'm being unreasonable? Now it's me who's being unreasonable?”
“can explain this to me.”