那我岂非如妖怪一般神通广大
“wouldn't I be some mighty monster?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
若真如昭昭断言
“If that were true,”
那 我 岂非 如 妖怪 一般 神通广大
“wouldn't I be some mighty monster?”
戚宗主常说我是画皮妖
“Lord Qi often says I'm a skin-painted demon.”
“Don't be ridiculous, I am only human and can't pull off miracles like that.”
Invoking demons (妖怪) and legendary abilities is a common rhetorical trope in Chinese drama to vividly satirize extreme assumptions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
wouldn't it be; is it not
A formal or literary rhetorical device used in spoken Chinese to introduce an obvious or absurd conclusion.
possessing vast supernatural power or miraculous abilities
Often used ironically in everyday speech to describe someone who seems capable of doing the impossible.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I will surely expose that monster's true form.”
“Wait, you trust a demon over me?”
“Next time, just say you've got magic.”
“Why do you care so much about a monster?”
“I didn't want to be a demon! Master, I was wrong. I was wrong.”
“That demon could possess you at any moment.”