你以为我们是干什么吃的呀
“What do you think we do for a living?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“The money was transferred several times, right?”
你以为 我们是 干什么吃的 呀
“What do you think we do for a living?”
“It's easy for us police to find out.”
“Do you really think we are useless? We know exactly how to handle this.”
Using colloquial rhetorical questions like 'what do you think we eat for' is a common informal way in Chinese to dismiss doubts and project strong competence.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what someone is good for / what one does for a living (often rhetorical)
An idiomatic colloquialism used rhetorically to rebuke someone for doubting competence or usefulness.
Softens the rhetorical question slightly, making it sound more colloquial rather than outright hostile.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You actually underestimated us.”
“Don't think we journalists are all useless.”
“Since he's here, we have to squeeze something useful out of him.”
“- Hey, can we really finish this? - What's wrong?”
“Do you think this is the right time to get a dog?”