这娄子说捅就捅了
“you just went and stirred up this mess.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
也不打个招呼
“But without any warning,”
这 娄子 说捅就捅了
“you just went and stirred up this mess.”
我听说
“I heard”
“They just went ahead and caused a massive disaster without warning anyone!”
In Chinese organizational culture, acting unilaterally without giving heads-up (打招呼) breaks unwritten etiquette and leaves colleagues scrambling to fix preventable blunders.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to stir up trouble; to make a blunder
A highly colloquial northern idiom used when someone makes a big mistake or causes serious trouble.
to do something suddenly and without hesitation
A common spoken structure highlighting the swiftness, abruptness, or impulsiveness of an action.
Indicates the completion of an action and conveys an emotional sense of a fait accompli.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Dongming, you've made quite a mess.”
“You caused such a big mess today. I haven't settled the score with you yet. The birthday banquet is about to begin.”
“Why else would she cause such a huge mess?”
“I never imagined there could be a bigger mess than this.”
“This must be where he thought people were talking about him.”
“Lou Chuo is still hiding a lot from us.”