你们不是也每天放闪吗
“you used to show off your affection all the time, didn't you?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
以前爸爸还在的时候
“When my dad was still alive,”
你们 不是也 每天放闪 吗
“you used to show off your affection all the time, didn't you?”
也是啦
“You're right.”
“Don't act innocent; you two were just as lovey-dovey back then!”
Younger generations comfortably use modern internet slang like 'flashing light' (放闪) even when affectionately teasing elders about their traditional marriages.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
public display of affection (PDA) / flaunting romance
A popular slang term originating in Taiwan, used widely in modern Chinese to describe couples visibly showing love.
didn't [subject] also...
A common rhetorical structure used to nudge the interlocutor into agreeing with an obvious shared truth.
Turns the statement into a rhetorical question expecting agreement.
