二位别来无恙啊
“How have you been, ladies?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
一肚子坏水
“and up to no good.”
二位 别来无恙 啊
“How have you been, ladies?”
没想到又在这里遇到了你俩
“Little did I expect to meet you two here again.”
“Look who showed up—I certainly didn't expect you to cross my path again.”
Using courtly, respectful idioms to greet adversaries allows speakers to maintain surface propriety while exerting psychological pressure.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I hope you have been well since we parted
An elegant classical greeting used after a prolonged separation, frequently used ironically in fiction.
the two of you
A polite, respectful second-person plural pronoun referring to two people.
Softens the greeting or adds a lingering, teasing cadence to the inquiry.