这都说不过去了吧
“That's unacceptable.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但是你们团的戏不好看
“But your troupe's plays are boring.”
这 都说 不过去 了吧
“That's unacceptable.”
这都啥年代了
“What era are we in?”
“There is really no excuse for this anymore.”
Chinese culture places great value on common sense, reason, and social decency. 'shuo de guo qu' means meeting socially accepted standards of fairness, whereas 'shuo bu guo qu' indicates crossing acceptable boundaries, making an action indefensible or intolerable.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unjustifiable; inexcusable; does not make sense logically or morally
A common colloquial idiom often paired with adverbs like 'zhen', 'tai', or 'dou' to criticize an action or situation as unreasonable and unacceptable.
A compound modal particle where 'le' indicates an established reality or intensified degree, while 'ba' conveys a semi-deductive, rhetorical tone to prompt the listener to acknowledge the criticism.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“we can't do this anymore. So let's just stop.”
“Nothing left to say, right?”
“Didn't they say”
“We don't know about that.”
“It seems they are nothing special.”
“That sounds too harsh.”