你笑什么 我还真以为 你改过自新了
“What are you laughing at? I really thought you had turned over a new leaf.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Is he absorbing Wang Fang's vital energy?”
你笑什么 我 还真以为 你 改过自新 了
“What are you laughing at? I really thought you had turned over a new leaf.”
那区别可大了
“There's a huge difference.”
“I was an idiot to believe you had actually changed for the better.”
Chinese morality heavily emphasizes genuine moral reformation; discovering that someone's reformation is feigned triggers deep moral indignation and broken trust.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
turn over a new leaf / reform oneself
A common idiomatic expression for reforming one's bad habits or moral shortcomings.
I actually thought / I foolishly believed
Used to express retrospective disillusionment or admitting one's mistaken assumption.
Marks the perceived change of state regarding the other person's reform, which turned out to be false.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What are you smiling about? Why are you smiling?”
“What are you laughing at? I don't like them either.”
“are always chuckling?”
“(You crack me up!)”
“What are you laughing at? Just to make you jealous.”
“Why are you laughing? Yeah. I must say,”