但是有些时候还是蛮蠢的
“but sometimes he was pretty stupid.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我的哥哥很聪明
“My brother was very smart,”
但是 有些时候 还是 蛮蠢的
“but sometimes he was pretty stupid.”
“He is brilliant in many ways, but his blind loyalty to me makes him easy to deceive.”
In close Chinese family bonds, calling a loved one 'foolish' or 'stupid' often conveys intimate affection and recognizes self-sacrificing devotion rather than literal disdain.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
sometimes; at times
Used in conversational Chinese to soften a generalization or hedge a critical statement.
pretty foolish; quite silly
'蛮' is an informal adverb meaning 'quite' or 'pretty', common in spoken Southern Mandarin and casual dialogue.
Affirms the speaker's subjective assessment and completes the descriptive predicate.