还以为你们两个 有多大本事呢
“I just wondered how capable you two were.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
说得不是挺开心的吗
“Weren't you enjoying chatting just now?”
还以为 你们两个 有多大本事 呢
“I just wondered how capable you two were.”
不也是靠着老公的面子 才跟舞女 同一个会场的吗
“But aren't you just relying on your husbands' reputation to be in the same venue with a dancing girl?”
“You act so superior, but you are actually completely useless.”
Tearing down someone's front (chong da tou) is a potent way to make an opponent lose face in Chinese confrontational culture.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
mistakenly thought that...
Used to express that an initial expectation turned out to be false, frequently used with a sarcastic undertone.
how capable someone is (often rhetorical)
A colloquial phrase used rhetorically to belittle someone's competence or achievements.
Enhances the rhetorical and sarcastic sting of the rhetorical observation.
