我这破嘴说什么话呢 肯定能
“What am I even saying? Of course he can.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但他伤成这样能挺过去吗
“But can he survive such a serious injury?”
我这破嘴 说什么话呢 肯定能
“What am I even saying? Of course he can.”
对了
“Right.”
“I shouldn't have jinxed it; he is going to pull through for sure.”
In Chinese superstition, voicing a tragic possibility can attract bad luck (crow mouth), prompting immediate verbal self-scolding to neutralize it.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
clumsy mouth; loose tongue that speaks ill omen
A self-deprecating term used humorously or superstitious-like when one says something inauspicious.
definitely can; bound to be able to
A high-confidence modal chunk used to project certainty and give moral support.
Used at the end of the rhetorical self-rebuke to emphasize self-admonishment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Mind your language. I can blow your mouth off, you know?”
“That mouth of yours is always yapping.”
“How could you say like this? Who taught you to act like that?”
“What are you talking about? Don't throw accusations at us.”
“sew that loose mouth of yours shut...”
“What are you talking about?”