你看你这话说的 我们不住这儿 我们住大街上去呀
“That's a bit harsh, isn't it? If we don't live here, are we supposed to live on the streets?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这房子你们还住吗
“do you really think you can still live here?”
你看你这话说的 我们不 住这 儿 我们 住大街上去 呀
“That's a bit harsh, isn't it? If we don't live here, are we supposed to live on the streets?”
“Your factory is so huge, why bother with our poor little place?”
“Of course we are staying here; where else could we possibly go?”
In Chinese colloquial disputes, countering with an absurd hypothetical like sleeping on the street is a common tactic to evoke moral discomfort and emphasize lack of options.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
Look at what you just said / How can you say that?
A highly colloquial conversational opener used to push back against a question or statement perceived as improper, absurd, or unfair.
live on the street / end up homeless
A hyperbolic spoken idiom used to emphasize having no alternative housing options.
Softens the rhetorical question while adding a plaintive, slightly aggrieved edge.
