每年都来气他们一次
“so you come here to upset them once a year?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
每年都 来气 他们一次
“so you come here to upset them once a year?”
“I make a point of rattling their cages every single year, and I enjoy doing it.”
In Chinese storytelling, rivals often engage in seasonal or cyclical provocations to test each other's patience and establish psychological dominance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
piss them off once / anger them for once
Used transitively where '气' means to deliberately provoke, vex, or annoy someone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“he kept asking about”
“Not often. Every time.”
“You've been here so many years.”
“And you still have to put up with their abuse all day.”
“I only go home once a year.”
“I get angry just mentioning this.”