别老拿打仗吹牛了
“to stop bragging about fighting all the time.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“When I reach the underworld and see him, I will tell him”
别老 拿打仗 吹牛 了
“to stop bragging about fighting all the time.”
我也打过
“I have fought too.”
“You are not the only one with war experience, so cut the dramatic bragging.”
Among close peers or veterans in Chinese culture, teasing or puncturing someone's repeated glorious tales prevents excessive arrogance and reasserts equality.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to brag; to boast
A highly frequent colloquial verb used to describe someone talking big or exaggerating their achievements.
to boast about something; to use something as material for bragging
Used when pointing out the specific topic someone repeatedly uses to make themselves look good.
Emphasizes the speaker's demand for immediate cessation of the ongoing bragging behavior.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Just no more wars,”
“So long as there's no more war.”
“You sound like an expert when it comes to war.”
“wasn't earned without plenty of battles.”
“Don't fight so much.”
“You wouldn't want to see the chaos of war rise again, would you?”