你拿老子怎样？你能拿老子怎样？
“What can you do to me? What can you do?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
老子不怕 老子有钱 杀多少人都有人来给老子顶
“I'm not scared! I have money. I could kill more and still find someone to take the fall.”
你 拿老子怎样 ？你能 拿老子怎样 ？
“What can you do to me? What can you do?”
宋青松
“Song Qingsong,”
“I am untouchable, so back off.”
Claiming the role of the listener's father ('laozi') is an explicit verbal insult meant to establish immediate social supremacy in a dispute.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what can one do to someone
Commonly heard in spoken drama when a character defies being punished or stopped.
I / me (arrogant/vulgar)
Heavily colloquial and offensive self-reference asserting senior status.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What can you do to me? What can you do?”
“What can you do to me? What can you do?”
“You can't do anything. You can't do anything to me!”
“She's my woman! I hit her as I like!”
“What can you do about it? What can you do about it?”
“I tell you to do something, you do it.”