精神分裂 前两天跟鬼上身一样
“have a split personality. A few days ago, she was acting as if she were possessed,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
还有一个吧
“The other one seems to”
精神分裂 前两天跟 鬼上身 一样
“have a split personality. A few days ago, she was acting as if she were possessed,”
“but now she's hyper, like she's on steroids.”
“That person is completely unhinged and impossible to predict.”
Colloquial Chinese frequently borrows supernatural imagery like 'ghost possession' (鬼上身) as humorous, exaggerated descriptors for unexplainable or sudden shifts in temperament.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
schizophrenic (colloquially: erratic, hot-and-cold)
Often used hyperbolically in casual speech to describe someone acting completely contradictory from one day to the next.
possessed by a ghost; acting out of one's mind
A vivid colloquial metaphor describing someone who is behaving completely unlike themselves or acting wildly irrational.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'm a suspected mental patient now. Why do you seem like one?”
“do you have split personalities?”
“Is this some new form of split personality?”
“but I thought it was only my wishful thinking.”
“Did I mishear that just now? You did not mishear.”
“portraying yourself as mentally ill.”