你可不许翻脸啊
“you can't go back on your words.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我要是算准了
“If I'm right,”
你 可不许翻脸啊
“you can't go back on your words.”
那要算不准呢
“And what if you're wrong?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese social interactions, fortune tellers or friends making guesses often jokingly demand that the other side not lose their temper if uncomfortable truths are exposed.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to turn hostile suddenly; to fall out with someone
Use this colorful idiom when someone abruptly changes attitude from friendly to furious.
must not; definitely not allowed to
A colloquial emphatic pattern used to issue an affectionate or half-serious prohibition.
Softens the imperative warning into an informal, seeking-agreement check.
