我爹才是族长 他说了算 你…
“My father is the chieftain. He's the one who decides. You…”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Such a bringer of disaster cannot stay!”
我爹 才是 族长 他 说了算 你…
“My father is the chieftain. He's the one who decides. You…”
“When did you become so disrespectful?”
“You have no authority here, so back off.”
In traditional Chinese lineage society, the clan leader (族长) holds supreme jurisdictional power; junior or collateral members cannot bypass the head's mandate.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to have the final say / to call the shots
An extremely common colloquial idiom used to designate the person holding ultimate decision-making power.
is the real / is actually
Used for emphatic contrast to refute a presupposition and declare the rightful title or reality.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The chieftain did love his daughter, but in a foolish way.”
“The chieftain must have adored her”
“Even my father said you are more of a father to me than he is.”
“This chief is something.”
“It was my father and uncle”
“Don't you know your father's temper?”