你好像变了味了
“you've changed.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
离开警察队伍之后
“But after leaving the police force,”
你好 像 变了味 了
“you've changed.”
杨健
“Yang Jian.”
“You have become corrupt and lost the principles you once stood for.”
In Chinese interpersonal ethics, staying true to one's original integrity (chuxin) is revered; describing someone as having 'changed taste' implies serious ethical compromise.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
seems like / appears as if
Used here as a pragmatic hedge to deliver a harsh personal criticism slightly more tactfully.
to become distorted / to lose original flavor or integrity
Metaphorical idiom applied to people or situations when core principles or essence have degenerated.
Emphasizes the completed change and current reality of deterioration.