弄一些没用的人 来给我解闷是吧
“bringing me useless people to keep me entertained, don't you?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你就是喜欢
“You do enjoy”
弄一些 没用的人 来 给我解闷 是吧
“bringing me useless people to keep me entertained, don't you?”
您需要耐心
“You need to be patient.”
“Stop insulting my intelligence with these pathetic pawns.”
Ending a rhetorical accusation with '是吧' aggressively corners the subordinate, challenging them to dispute the obvious fault.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to relieve boredom; to pass the time
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to describe doing something mildly amusing to kill time.
useless people; good-for-nothings
A harsh, dismissive spoken term used to denigrate people considered incapable or irrelevant.
Combined with '是' (是吧) at the end of a rhetorical question to seek confirmation with a sarcastic and confrontational edge.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'm a useless person.”
“he fobbed us off with a bunch of useless fluff.”
“A bunch of useless bastards.”
“Just how useless am I”
“What do you mean? You just don't want to listen to me!”
“I'm just a useless mortal!”