尕娃子 没种的东西 有种有什么用啊
“You brat. You coward. What's the use of having guts?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Who wants to fight him? Move. I want to go home.”
尕娃子 没种的东西 有种有什么用 啊
“You brat. You coward. What's the use of having guts?”
“Today, it was Dongzhiba who died. Tomorrow, who knows which one of us will be next?”
“You're a coward for running away, but honestly, having guts won't save any of us either.”
In northern and grassroots Chinese vernacular, 'zhong' refers to innate courage or manhood, making 'lacking guts' a deeply stinging masculine slight.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
little kid / young punk (Northwestern dialect)
A colloquial Northwestern Chinese term used affectionately for children or derogatorily for immature youths.
spineless / cowardly / having no guts
A strong, crude colloquial insult questioning someone's courage or manhood.
what is the use of / what good is it
A rhetorical phrase used to dismiss the value or practicality of something.
Enhances the rhetorical frustration and cynicism of the question.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Silly, you must have seen wrong.”
“How does the kid look? He's about my height.”
“and don't be a fool.”
“A mountain kid, sheep-herding type. A blank sheet of paper.”
“Other kids can, but not yours.”
“Silly boy! All that for a piece of chocolate?”