取个钉子都跟杀猪似的 他能揍谁 净吹牛
“He screamed like a pig over a nail. Who could he beat up? All talk.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“(Five-Star Market) Otherwise, he'd smash our heads in.”
取个 钉子 都 跟杀猪似的 他能揍谁 净吹牛
“He screamed like a pig over a nail. Who could he beat up? All talk.”
你家住这儿啊
“You live here?”
“Don't be scared of him, he talks big but is completely pathetic.”
In Chinese informal discourse, exposing someone's petty physical weakness is a common rhetorical tactic to neutralize their social intimidation or posturing.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
screaming like a slaughtered pig
A vivid colloquial simile used to describe someone overreacting, screaming, or crying hysterically.
doing nothing but bragging
Use 'jing' before a verb to emphasize that someone exclusively engages in that annoying behavior.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Nail, found anything? Still nothing.”
“(Dramatization. Do not imitate.) Who would do something so mean? The ground is covered in nails!”
“Take out the spike! Trust me!”
“Who told you to hammer the nails so early? Captain Cao said”
“our men at the capital prefecture [Yan Qi, Prince Cheng] have disposed of the exhibits.”
“has naturally become a thorn in his side.”