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Bernard is Carol and Dato’ Tai Toh Lui’s son. He’s generally considered to be spoiled and out of control, but he’s able to get away with his bad behavior due to his father’s high standing in Singaporean society. Due to a family business connection with the Khoo Organization, Bernard plans Colin’s bachelor weekend—but he plans a weekend full of gambling, sex workers, and dog fights, none of which interest Colin. At the wedding, Oliver gets Kitty Pong and Bernard to dance together. The two are discovered having sex at the tea ceremony the next day.
Bernard Tai Quotes in Crazy Rich Asians
The Crazy Rich Asians quotes below are all either spoken by Bernard Tai or refer to Bernard Tai. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 2, Chapter 9 Quotes
Bernard paused for a moment, supremely conflicted. He wanted to enjoy the dogfights, but at the same time he wanted everyone to witness the profuse ass-kissing he would receive from hotel management the minute they pulled up to the resort.
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Part 2, Chapter 16 Quotes
“Remember, every treasure comes with a price.”
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Bernard Tai Character Timeline in Crazy Rich Asians
The timeline below shows where the character Bernard Tai appears in Crazy Rich Asians. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 1, Chapter 13
...their fortunes. Carol notes that at least Nick is “a good boy,” unlike her son Bernard.
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Part 2, Chapter 6
...he’s worried about how Colin is handling such a big event. He then apologizes, as Bernard Tai is planning a massive bachelor party and he needs to go. But he was...
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Part 2, Chapter 9
...Mehmet, that Colin knows—the other attendees are all “Beijing princelings and Taiwanese trust-fund brats” and Bernard Tai’s friends (Bernard planned the bachelor party). Bernard announces he has a surprise and after...
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Lionel nervously confirms with Bernard that dogfighting is illegal, and Nick notes that dogfighting is cruel. Upset at the lackluster...
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Alistair wanders in and hugs Nick, ignoring Bernard’s taunts and explaining that he found the hotel easily since he used to skip school...
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...became friends when, as a boy, Colin pulled little Nick out of the ditch where Bernard had pushed him. Nick was taken with Colin, who had recently moved to Singapore from...
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Part 2, Chapter 15
...he left the other guys as they started making ice-cream sundaes on nude women. Unfortunately, Bernard trapped Colin by crowning him “the Whipped Cream King.” Mehmet observes that he’s surprised Colin...
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...that he’s a Young. About 20 minutes later, the helicopter lands on the deck, interrupting Bernard’s hot tub blowjob. As Nick, Mehmet, and Alistair carry Colin to the helicopter on a...
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Part 3, Chapter 8
...he notes, didn’t work so hard to marry upper-middle-class Alistair, and he spins her into Bernard Tai. Stealing Bernard’s partner, Oliver whispers to Kitty that Bernard’s father is extremely wealthy—and Bernard...
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Part 3, Chapter 16
...from one of the house’s built-ins—and a child opened the cupboard to reveal Kitty and Bernard Tai in an extremely compromising position. All the guests saw. Nick howls with laughter.
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Part 3, Chapter 19
...furniture and art because it’s “satanic.” These images of “idols,” Sister Gracie insists, are why Bernard ran off to Vegas to marry Kitty, a “pregnant soap opera harlot who pretends to...
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...could. Daisy says that this is what happens when you give kids everything. Carol spoiled Bernard, and now they have Kitty as a daughter-in-law. Nadine muses that they at least saved...
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