你这人怎么还强词夺理
“Why are you still making excuses?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我肯定不能喝啊
“I definitely wouldn't have drunk it.”
你这人怎么 还 强词夺理
“Why are you still making excuses?”
你说你
“Look at you.”
“Your reasoning makes no sense at all; quit making up bogus arguments to dodge this.”
At Chinese social gatherings or drinking tables, refusing a drink triggers a battle of wits where each party tries to use polite or forceful persuasion without losing face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to resort to sophistry; to argue using twisted logic
A classic Chengyu used when an interlocutor invents unreasonable excuses to defend indefensible actions.