你少在这儿阴阳怪气的 黄主任
“Drop the sarcasm, will you? Director Huang,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“He's the biggest victim here. Hu Sanyuan.”
你少 在这 儿 阴阳怪气 的 黄 主任
“Drop the sarcasm, will you? Director Huang,”
我是真心替你鸣不平呢 你咋听出个阴阳怪气呢嘛你
“I'm honestly speaking up for you. How's that sarcasm to you?”
“Cut the fake sympathy; I know you're just mocking me.”
Because direct confrontation is often frowned upon in Chinese institutions, sarcasm and feigned empathy ('yin yang') are common indirect vehicles for hostility, which peers readily call out when pushed.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cut it out / stop doing that here
A blunt imperative used to tell someone to immediately halt an annoying behavior or deceptive speech.
passive-aggressive / sarcastic and snide
A very common four-character idiom describing speech that sounds outwardly polite but carries biting, insincere sarcasm.
