那是外国朋友那天吗 你才瓦特了 还有你们
“That's not the day. You're crazy! All of you!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Are you crazy? That's not the day.”
那是 外国 朋友 那天吗 你才瓦特了 还有 你们
“That's not the day. You're crazy! All of you!”
让你们来看个录像 就吃吃吃 吃吃吃
“Asked you to watch a video, and you just eat!”
“Don't insult my intelligence, you're the one who is confused, and the rest of you need to shape up!”
'瓦特' originated from English 'water' or 'short-circuit' via Shanghainese, and is widely understood across modern spoken Chinese to humorously or abrasively mean 'broken-brained' or 'crazy'.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
you are the one who has lost their mind / you are crazy
Uses the Shanghainese loanword '瓦特' (water/short-circuited, meaning broken or crazy) to turn an insult right back at the speaker.
Marks a rhetorical or verifying question challenging the listener's premise.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I have many friends abroad. It's no trouble at all.”
“Your friends should be here.”
“As friends, we don't get to judge.”
“Your father and I are friends.”
“Besides being spouses, we're friends, right?”
“Yeah. Wa Zai asked me to pick them up for him.”