你嘴里还有没有真话了 我还能不能找你办事了
“Can you stop telling lies? Can I trust you to handle things?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
司元龙
“Si Yuanlong.”
你嘴里 还有没有 真话 了 我 还能不能 找你 办事 了
“Can you stop telling lies? Can I trust you to handle things?”
有有有 能能能 绝对可以
“Yes! Of course. Absolutely.”
“You have lied to me too many times, and I am completely losing my patience and faith in you.”
In Chinese relational networks, relying on someone to 'handle matters' (办事) requires high mutual trust; failing to deliver or lying severely damages interpersonal credibility (信誉).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
To tell any truth at all / whether any word is true
An idiomatic accusatory phrase used when calling out someone who has a habit of exaggerating, misleading, or lying.
Ask you to handle a matter / turn to you for help
A very common phrase for relying on social connections or acquaintances to accomplish tasks or favors.
Marks an exasperated change of state, implying that the speaker has reached their limit.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Can you stop lying?”
“Not a word of truth from his mouth. I made sure to ask him about Wolfie,”
“Not a word of truth comes out of your mouth.”
“Are you still not going to tell me the truth?”
“Say, do you think she's hiding something? Is she not telling us the truth? Do not make accusations without evidence. Don't worry.”
“You never tell me the truth.”
“You never tell the truth.”