我凭什么烧给你看 我不看 我给胡会长看
“Why should I show you? I won't watch. I just want President Hu to watch it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Why wouldn't I dare? I just don't want to show you how I make it.”
我凭什么 烧给你看 我 不看 我给胡会长看
“Why should I show you? I won't watch. I just want President Hu to watch it.”
“Then what does that have to do with you? -Go home! -You guys!”
“You are a nobody, and I only answer to President Hu.”
In Chinese confrontations, dismissing an equal or junior interlocutor by claiming you only report to an esteemed elder or leader is a classic way to deny their standing while protecting your own status.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
on what grounds / why should
A sharp rhetorical question used to reject someone's perceived authority or unreasonable demand.
to show someone / demonstrate for someone
A common structure indicating the intended recipient or audience of a demonstration or visual action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Don't look at me. They won't lay me off.”
“Fine, don't. Why are you mad?”
“Check or not? No need. Fine, I asked you. You didn't want to look.”
“Don't show me this nonsense. First,”
“If I show it to you, you mustn't get angry.”
“-Keep looking then. -I… He won't come back no matter how long you look anyway.”