怎么 你能掐会算
“Oh? So you can predict the future”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
担忧神医安危
“that I worried about your safety, Divine Doctor.”
怎么 你 能掐会算
“Oh? So you can predict the future”
“and knew I'd be in danger that day?”
“Stop acting like a fortune teller—there is no way you knew what was coming.”
Traditional Taoist and folk diviners used the joints of their fingers to calculate astrological charts. Colloquially, saying someone is '能掐会算' is commonly used sarcastically to call out someone acting like a know-it-all.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
capable of divination / able to foresee things accurately
Often used sarcastically to mock someone acting as if they have psychic or omniscient foresight.
what / how come
Placed at the beginning of a sentence to initiate a sharp, skeptical challenge or rhetorical query.