你是吃药把脑子吃坏了吗
“what's wrong with you?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
高副使
“Vice Envoy Gao,”
你是 吃药把脑子吃坏了吗
“what's wrong with you?”
陛下
“Your Majesty,”
“Are you completely insane to say or do something so absurd?”
In colloquial Chinese, attributing bizarre judgment to taking toxic medicine or eating bad food is a common sarcastic trope to dismiss someone's credibility.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
ruined by consuming; spoiled one's health/mind by ingesting
Typically used for getting food poisoning, but colloquially extended to sarcastically mock someone's broken thinking.
brain; wits; sense
Frequently used in spoken Chinese to question someone's intelligence or sanity.
Marks a rhetorical question that carries strong disbelief and mocking intent.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What's gotten into you today?”
“Are you out of your mind?”
“Have you been possessed too? Watch your mouth!”
“Are you out of your mind? Put that away.”