再说了他再厉害
“Besides, no matter how powerful he is,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
有什么可怕的呀
“What's there to be afraid of?”
再说了 他 再 厉害
“Besides, no matter how powerful he is,”
也就是个客人
“he's just a guest.”
“Stop being intimidated; he has boundaries and limits just like anyone else.”
While hospitality culture emphasizes customer deference, employees often use the boundary of someone 'merely being a customer' behind the scenes to regain emotional composure.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
besides; furthermore; in addition
Extremely frequent discourse marker in spoken Chinese to introduce a secondary, often decisive reason or justification.
no matter how formidable/capable he is
Used with '再 + adjective' to concede an extreme condition before undermining its importance in the subsequent clause.
Functions as part of the discourse connective '再说了' to mark an added rhetorical point.
