咱又不是不能喝 你这这 叫人看了觉得这个人
“It's not like I can't drink. You... It makes you look insincere.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I can't do that. Don't do that again. So embarrassing.”
咱 又不是不 能喝 你这这 叫人看了觉得 这个人
“It's not like I can't drink. You... It makes you look insincere.”
“It makes you look insincere. Don't do that. But you shouldn't drink like that. It's bad for your health.”
“Stop faking your drinking; cheating at the table will make everyone think you are a slippery fraud.”
In Chinese banquet etiquette, using petty tricks to fake drinking alcohol is viewed far worse than politely admitting one cannot drink, as it marks a person as deceitful and insincere.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it is not like we cannot drink / we can hold our liquor
Used as a rhetorical defense to emphasize that one does not lack the capacity or willingness to participate in drinking.
causing others to observe and judge / in the eyes of onlookers
Colloquial northern phrase warning how external onlookers will perceive and judge one's actions.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Look at your tolerance. If you can't handle it, why drink so much?”
“I genuinely couldn't drink today. You saw it. Shen Mo just called me.”
“I can still drink! I didn't have enough.”
“There's some drinks here. Help yourself.”
“I can drink more.”
“you really can't drink any more.”