你跟我们这老破小捣什么乱哪
“why are you stirring up trouble in our run-down old building?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
既然你那儿子那么有出息 在金川都能买大平层
“If your son is that successful and can buy a huge flat in Jinchuan,”
你跟我们这 老破小 捣 什么 乱哪
“why are you stirring up trouble in our run-down old building?”
“Let me make this clear today. I don't agree.”
“Your family is doing well, so stop being greedy and making life harder for the rest of us here.”
'Lao-po-xiao' refers to run-down pre-2000s residential communities, often ground zero for intense conflicts over renovations, elevators, and gentrification.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
old, small, and dilapidated urban apartment
A very popular modern Chinese colloquial buzzword referring to aging urban housing communities.
why cause trouble; stop stirring up trouble
Use to reprimand someone who is disrupting an ongoing process or creating needless chaos.
Carries phonetic assimilation of 'a', conveying strong exasperation and aggressive questioning.
