现在小孩都可厉害了 是不 晓宇
“Kids these days are tough. Right, Xiaoyu?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“You just don't take kids seriously enough.”
现在小孩都 可厉害了 是不 晓宇
“Kids these days are tough. Right, Xiaoyu?”
吃饭
“Eat.”
“See? Kids are smart these days, back me up on this, Xiaoyu.”
Using short tags like '是不' pulls quiet younger family members into adult dining table conversations to build rapport.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
really impressive / extremely sharp
A colloquial northern spoken construction where '可...了' means 'extremely' or 'so'.
isn't that right? / right?
A common colloquial tag question in northern Chinese used to solicit immediate agreement.
Works with '可' in the pattern '可...了' to express strong emphasis on the extent of the quality.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Set an example for Xiaoyu.”
“Zhiyu and I will cooperate well.”
“Have you heard about Zhiyu's situation?”
“It seems good things will happen to you this year, Yu.”
“Zhiyu is so outstanding. This was bound to be exposed sooner or later.”
“Zhiyu has been independent since childhood and never wanted support from the family,”