你胆子可真大呀
“You've got some nerve.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
费霓
“(Pride and Prejudice) Fei Ni.”
你 胆子可真大 呀
“You've got some nerve.”
小方小方 汪科长 你家费霓看禁书
“Fang! Chief Wang? Fei Ni was reading banned books.”
“You're acting reckless and breaking the rules, and I've caught you red-handed.”
In historical collective Chinese work-unit (danwei) culture, private actions like reading unauthorized materials were treated as major transgressions subject to public exposure.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
have a lot of nerve / remarkably bold
Frequently used either playfully or critically to remark on someone taking high risks or breaking norms.
Softens the exclamatory shock while amplifying the sense of exclamation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You are really bold. I saw a lot of people going over to look.”
“but you have quite the audacity.”
“you have quite the audacity!”
“I think you've got plenty of nerve.”
“You're pretty bold. Not afraid something might happen?”