等你到了我的年纪 你就会知道
“When you get to my age, you'll understand.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你跟我说这些干嘛？
“Why are you telling me this?”
等你 到了 我的年纪 你 就会知道
“When you get to my age, you'll understand.”
死了以后
“There's comfort”
“You are too young and naive to understand this now, so stop questioning me.”
Senior family members or elders in Chinese culture often treat age as an inherent form of wisdom and truth, expecting deference rather than intellectual debate from younger generations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
once reaching the age of...
Commonly used by elders to frame life wisdom that supposedly can only be grasped with age.
then you will understand / realize
Used to postpone explanation or assert future realization, often carrying an authoritative tone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“when you reach my age, you'll understand”
“You'll know when you grow up.”
“- [Jasper] Until when? - You are old enough to live on your own.”
“You've just revealed my age.”
“you're all old enough to get married.”
“You'll understand when you grow up.”