怪吓人的 吓人
“It's rather frightening. Frightening?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Xian, how come you carry a weapon on your person?”
怪吓人的 吓人
“It's rather frightening. Frightening?”
不带这兵器
“Isn't being out and about weapon-free”
“Look how fragile I am, put that away and comfort me.”
Expressing exaggerated timidity or fear in front of a male companion is a recognized social tactic to evoke a protective instinct and build romantic rapport.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
quite terrifying, pretty scary
Colloquial spoken structure where '怪...的' means 'quite/rather', used to express mild alarm or distress.
Functions in the '怪...的' pattern to soften the predicate into an evaluative, colloquial impression.