谁叫你说这些晦气话
“Who told you to say such unlucky things?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
好了 好了 你要气死我
“-Alright, alright. -You're going to be the death of me.”
谁叫你 说这些 晦气 话
“Who told you to say such unlucky things?”
什么死不死的
“All this talk about dying...”
“Stop talking about dying—it terrifies me and brings bad luck!”
Chinese cultural etiquette strictly avoids ominous talk (such as death or illness), believing that uttering bad luck can speak it into existence.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
who told you to / who asked you to
A colloquial rhetorical pattern used to place blame or scold someone for an action.
inauspicious words / bad-luck talk
Refers to speech mentioning death, failure, or misfortune that is culturally believed to bring bad luck.