夏晓兰 你 你嘴巴厉害 我说不过你
“Xia Xiaolan, you... You have a sharp tongue. I can't out-talk you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“You're in your 20s. Why is your head still full of mush?”
夏晓兰 你 你 嘴巴厉害 我说 不过 你
“Xia Xiaolan, you... You have a sharp tongue. I can't out-talk you.”
“But I won't listen to you anyway. You're just a jinx! If we can't live well,”
“You may be articulate and quick-witted, but that doesn't mean you're right, and I still won't back down.”
When outmatched in an argument, Chinese speakers often accuse the other party of simply being glib or sharp-tongued ('嘴巴厉害') to maintain personal pride without conceding factual truth.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
sharp-tongued; articulate and aggressive in speech
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to describe someone who speaks convincingly, sharply, or argumentatively.
cannot defeat someone in an argument
A frequent colloquial construction indicating one's inability to verbally out-debate another person.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Xia Xiaolan says her grades are good. She'll definitely get it.”
“Xia Xiaolan, look at my face.”
“You don't know Xia Xiaolan?”
“Xia Xiaolan. That's enough.”
“Xia Xiaolan has come up with so many clever ideas.”
“Xia Xiaolan, this man you chose is just as naive”