你看你不是废话吗 跟没说一样
“That's nonsense. You basically said nothing.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“We need a long-term plan on this.”
你看你 不是 废话 吗 跟没说一样
“That's nonsense. You basically said nothing.”
“We have no time for a long-term plan. We're swamped every day.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
While Chinese communication often values face-saving, close peers or coworkers under tight deadlines frequently drop politeness markers and call out unhelpful delays bluntly.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
isn't that completely useless talk / obvious nonsense
A highly colloquial, direct rhetorical question used to reject someone's suggestion as empty or impractical.
amounting to saying nothing at all
Use this spoken phrase to complain that an answer or proposal lacks actionable substance.
Converts the statement into an emphatic rhetorical question to stress the obviousness of the flaw.
