你太拿自己当回事儿了
“You're taking yourself too seriously.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你明白吗
“Do you understand?”
你 太拿自己当回事 儿 了
“You're taking yourself too seriously.”
情报如果从你这儿
“If the intelligence fails”
“You are completely dispensable, so stop acting like you matter.”
Calling out someone for overestimating their own weight (当回事) is a blunt way to destroy their face (面子) and establish dominance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to take oneself too seriously; to think highly of oneself
Almost always used negatively with '太' or '不' to criticize vanity or self-importance.
Signifies that a limit has been exceeded, reinforcing the sense of 'excessive' attitude.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You think too highly of yourself.”
“You think too highly of yourself.”
“you're not something special.”
“don't overestimate yourself.”
“a little too self-righteous?”
“It's time you directed your attention to your own matters.”
“You must learn to respect yourself.”
“You all think you're such big shots, huh?”