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家庭的规则 家庭的规则 我感觉我们家的规则一般来说很简单又有道理。比如如果你把一个房间变得很脏,你应该打扫。有的时候该你了刷洗碗碟。确定你的东西不是对别人来说麻烦。 可是我不喜欢的一个规则是我太太和儿子做的。 我们偶尔买到一个蛋糕。我们已经吃和刷洗碗碟完的之后,我有的时候想要在吃另外的一口。 我太太和儿子说我必须用一个盘子吃这个。我觉得这个疯了。为什么不用叉子,从蛋糕的盘子吃只一口吧? 不过如果我不使用一个盘子,他们逗我。我的生活很辛苦。 — Family rules I feel that the rules of our family are generally simple and reasonable. For example, if you make a room dirty, you should clean it. Sometimes it's your turn to wash the dishes. Make sure your stuff is not a nuisance for others. But one rule I don't like is one my wife and son made. We occasionally buy a cake. After we have eaten and washed the dishes, I sometimes want to have another bite. My wife and son said that I have to eat this on a plate. I think that's crazy. Why not just use a fork and eat a little bite from the cake plate? But if I don't use a plate, they tease me. My life is very hard.

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家庭的规则 

家庭的规则 - 家里的规矩

我感觉我们家的规矩一般整体来说很简单又有道理。比如如果你谁把一个房间变得很弄脏,你谁就应该打扫。有的时候该轮到你了的时候就自觉刷洗碗碟。确定你的东西不是对别人来说麻烦。不管怎么样,平时多注意不要给别人添麻烦。

(可是我不喜欢的一个规则是我太太和儿子做的。)——> 可是我太太和儿子制订了一条我很不喜欢的规则。

我们偶尔买到一个有时会买蛋糕回家。我们已经吃和吃完、刷洗碗碟完的之后,我有的时候想要在 再吃另外的一口。

就这一小口蛋糕,我太太和儿子说我必须再用一个盘子吃这个。我觉得这个疯了简直不可理喻。(为什么不用叉子,从蛋糕的盘子吃只一口吧?)——> 直接从装蛋糕的盘子里用叉子叉上那一口又不是什么大事,这么大费周章有什么意义呢?

不过如果我不“多此一举”地使用这一个盘子,他们就挖苦逗我。我的生活很辛苦。

a lot of revisions here is simply made to streamline the flow, as your original word choices might not be necessarily incorrect. And what's fun about Chinese language? Sometimes grammatically incorrect sentences are more right than the "correct" ones to achieve a comedic effect, or to stress a point. We also have 50 shades of wordplay. Don't get too concerned about whether something is strictly correct or not.

— fun stuff:

= “逗” is more used when an older person teases a kid. 挖苦、取笑:make fun of.

=added more fixed expressions to make things flow better. 多此一举: 指多余的,没有必要的举动。 做不必要的、多余的事情。do things more than required, but with a negative connotation. similarly, 画蛇添足 is also adding unnecessary things that spoils the big picture, but in your particular scenario there's a subtle difference.

If you want to describe someone that goes the extra mile to do nice things,锦上添花。To do something extra to save someone else in turmoil, 雪中送炭。these are both positive meaning.

= rules: 规则 vs 规矩。 they are basically the same in many cases. we have a saying, 不以规矩,不能成方圆--(不以is often written as 没有 in contemporary settings)---the root of the word is from ruler, compass. so 规矩 is used more when a rule is made to confine human beings' actions, 规定 can be about either humans or any other things that requires rules. however, if it is about something scienc-y, we use 原理/定理。like in physics,左手定则, or in math, 中值定理。

here is a supplemental fun read with this subject. http://www.people.com.cn/GB/guandian/40604/3061251.html

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