我没想到你这么不要脸
“but you still surprise me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我知道你不要脸
“I knew you were shameless,”
我没想到 你这么 不要脸
“but you still surprise me.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Calling someone 'bu yao lian' (not wanting face) is one of the gravest moral insults in Chinese, accusing them of having completely discarded baseline social dignity and ethics.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
didn't expect / never thought that
Precedes a surprising or shocking revelation, often carrying disappointment or dismay.
shameless / brazen
A very harsh and offensive spoken insult targeting someone's complete lack of morals or self-respect.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You're so shameless.”
“How can you be so shameless?”
“You're shameless! How could you do that?”
“How can you be so shameless?”
“I never thought you were this kind of person. No, no.”
“I've never seen a woman as shameless as you. And I've never seen a woman as foolish as you.”