那你到底是要用人家 还是防人家呀
“What do you take her for, an aide or a foe?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“If I am to work with her, I'd better stay vigilant.”
那 你到底 是要 用人家 还是 防人家 呀
“What do you take her for, an aide or a foe?”
你管这么多干什么 你对她有意啊 别别别
“Why are you being so nosy? Are you interested in her? No, no, no.”
“Make up your mind—you can't treat someone as an ally while constantly treating them like a threat.”
Traditional Chinese philosophy advises against employing someone you don't trust; violating this creates interpersonal friction and calls for explanation among peers.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
after all, do you want to...?
Used when pressing someone for a bottom-line decision when they have been ambiguous or contradictory.
guard against someone / be wary of someone
A common spoken phrasing meaning to keep one's guard up against another person.
Softens an otherwise confrontational, pressing rhetorical question into a friendly colloquial nudge.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You're guarding against me like this?”
“I only keep this house to deal with you!”
“guarding against your lover like a thief.”
“as if he's afraid we might mistreat you. What's the point of that?”
“You were not trying to keep me out, were you?”
“You know, the effort you spend guarding against me...”