但是我妈这人特别贼 我干啥她都能知道
“But my mom is super sneaky. She finds out everything I do.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“They should still be asleep after all that fun.”
但是 我妈这人 特别贼 我 干啥 她都能 知道
“But my mom is super sneaky. She finds out everything I do.”
“Here's a trick. Take off your shoes, sneak inside,”
“My mom is too sharp; I'm afraid she'll catch me sneaking in and I'll get into trouble.”
In northern dialects, this term is commonly used colloquially as an adjective or adverb to describe someone as shrewd, alert, and hard to fool, or as an intensifier meaning 'extremely' (e.g., 'zei hao' for 'exceptionally good').
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
extremely sharp, perceptive, and vigilant
A northern colloquial expression; here used as an adjective meaning exceptionally shrewd and sharp-witted, without any derogatory implication of thievery.
what to do / doing what
A high-frequency northern colloquial interrogative phrase, commonly replacing standard 'zuo shenme' or 'gan shenme'.
