谁能欺负得了你三哥啊
“Who could possibly bully him?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他们是不欺负我三哥
“Are they bullying him?”
谁能 欺负得了 你三哥啊
“Who could possibly bully him?”
也是
“That's right.”
“Your brother is too strong for anyone to mess with, so stop worrying.”
Using a rhetorical question ('Who could possibly pick on him?') is a warm conversational device in Chinese culture to alleviate concern by appealing to obvious common sense.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
capable of bullying or taking advantage of (someone)
A potential complement construction; used predominantly in negative or rhetorical contexts like 'who could manage to bully...?'.
who could possibly...?
A common spoken rhetorical pattern asserting that nobody has the capability to do the stated action.
Softens the rhetorical question and gives it a warm, informal, and conversational flavor.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What is my third brother doing?”
“If there's anything I can help with, just say the word.”
“As long as you and Yanyun are happy.”
“You two were driving me crazy just now. I almost stepped in to help him!”
“Xu is far better than you.”
“San is angry right now. If he hits too hard,”