你们这群猴子 都是生意人 能不能讲点道理啊
“You are all business people. Can you be a bit reasonable?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
还不让我们说了
“You rip us off and won't even let us complain?”
你们这群猴子 都是生意人 能不能 讲点道理 啊
“You are all business people. Can you be a bit reasonable?”
“We risked our lives moving your goods during the typhoon.”
“You greedy people have no heart and refuse to treat us fairly!”
Invoking 'daoli' is a quintessential Chinese dispute tactic where one appeals to shared moral decency and basic fairness rather than just formal rules.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
be reasonable; show some common decency
Widely used when calling someone out for being unfair, unreasonable, or obstinate.
businesspeople; merchants
Refers neutrally or critically to people engaged in trade, often implying calculation.
Intensifies the rhetorical reprimand and emotional outrage.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I exaggerated a bit. So now, they all think I'm the Secretary of Yuehai.”
“Now the 'monkeys' are all panicking.”
“They think we "monkeys" are easy to push around?”
“I wasn't mistaken. There were monkeys!”
“Ms. Gao, I've never understood what "monkeys" mean.”
“With his talent, I wouldn't be surprised if he turned into a lion, let alone some 'monkeys.'”