你也这么想的吗 我狗拿耗子多管闲事了
“do you also think that I put my finger into your pie?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
李尖尖
“Li Jianjian,”
你也 这么想的 吗 我 狗拿耗子多管闲事 了
“do you also think that I put my finger into your pie?”
不是
“No.”
“Tell me I did the right thing; it hurts when you act like I'm just an annoying busybody.”
In Chinese culture, intervening in loved ones' affairs is often driven by genuine care (guanxin), but when rebuffed, people use self-deprecating idioms to express their stung pride.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a dog catching mice—meddling in business that is not one's own
A classic idiomatic expression (xiehouyu) used to criticize someone for being an unwelcome busybody, or used self-deprecatingly.
meddling; poking one's nose into other people's affairs
Commonly used both as an accusation toward others and in self-pitying or self-aware contexts.
Transforms the statement into a direct yes-no question.
Indicates a newly realized state or subjective conclusion.
