这怎么还越来越倔了呢
“Why are you getting more and more stubborn?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你回去制你的墨吧
“Go back to making your ink.”
这 怎么还 越来越倔 了呢
“Why are you getting more and more stubborn?”
这是我娘熬的鸡汤
“This is chicken soup my mother made.”
“You don't need to push me away; I'm here because I care about you.”
In close Chinese relationships, calling someone 'stubborn' or complaining about their behavior is often a covert display of tenderness and intimacy rather than genuine rebuke.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
getting more and more stubborn
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to describe someone whose obstinacy is noticeably increasing.
how come it is even / why on earth still
A colloquial opener expressing surprise or mild exasperation at an unexpected turn of behavior.
Softens the rhetorical question and marks a puzzled, teasing tone.
Indicates a change of state, highlighting that the stubbornness has increased over time.
