你是人吗 书记好好的时候
“Are you even human? What were you like when Mr. Zheng was fine?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你什么玩意啊
“Who are you?”
你是人吗 书记 好好的 时候
“Are you even human? What were you like when Mr. Zheng was fine?”
你什么样啊
“What were you like when Mr. Zheng was fine?”
“You have no shame or loyalty; you sucked up to him when he was in power, and now you betray him.”
Turning one's back on a fallen patron or leader is viewed in Chinese culture as the ultimate violation of moral integrity and social loyalty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
are you even human?
A severe rhetorical insult used to condemn someone who has committed an act seen as utterly devoid of basic human conscience.
back when everything was fine / in the good days
Used colloquially to contrast someone's previous favorable circumstances with their current decline.
Marks a sharp rhetorical question that functions as an explicit accusation rather than a real inquiry.
