我不喜欢过节 过生日 你又不是不知道
“I'm not big on celebrations. You know that.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我是他老板 他不好意思拒绝我
“I'm his boss. He's too polite to say no to me.”
我不喜欢 过节 过生日 你又不是不知道
“I'm not big on celebrations. You know that.”
来
“Here.”
“You know full well I hate this fuss, so why did you force me into it?”
Using rhetorical formulations like 'you know this already' is common among close intimates in China, conveying familiarity rather than outright aggression.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it is not as if you did not know
A rhetorical device used in spoken Chinese to mildly scold someone for overlooking an obvious fact.
to celebrate a birthday
Standard collocation used for observing or partying for one's birthday.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“No, no. I don't eat junk like that.”
“We are celebrating the Spring Festival. Don't make her unhappy.”
“Don't like celebrating birthdays?”
“really doesn't want to celebrate his birthday. Why is that?”