你不是张（猖狂）得很吗 你在警察面前
“Weren't you acting all tough? In front of the police,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
然后我这肚子勒得慌 我就把裤腰带解下来了
“My belly felt too tight. So I took my belt off.”
你 不是 张（猖狂）得很 吗 你 在警察面前
“Weren't you acting all tough? In front of the police,”
“try acting tough now. I'm telling you,”
“You acted so tough earlier, so let's see you try that arrogance now in front of the cops.”
Regional terms like '张' (猖狂) are used in colloquial Northern dialects to describe unchecked arrogance and swagger.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
weren't you supposed to be so...
A rhetorical pattern used to mock someone whose present behavior contradicts their previous boastfulness.
Marks the rhetorical question to ridicule the listener's apparent loss of bravery.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You... you're just being unreasonable.”
“You're a fucking cop. Investigate.”
“You're a fucking cop. Investigate.”
“You really are a cop.”
“Aren't you just messing around?”
“You know, the vibe you give off is really something else.”