你说你儿子干的这叫什么事啊
“Look, what has your son done?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
致臻老弟
“Zhizhen.”
你说你 儿子 干的 这叫什么事啊
“Look, what has your son done?”
还好蔡老弟还未到
“Luckily Pingchun hasn't arrived.”
“Your son has created a complete disaster and made a fool of us.”
In Chinese culture, a child's misbehavior directly reflects on the parents' upbringing ('zi bu jiao, fu zhi guo'), leading peers to confront the parent directly.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what kind of ridiculous mess is this; what on earth is this
A highly idiomatic rhetorical complaint used when someone's action is unreasonable or absurd.
tell me; just look at
Often placed at the beginning of an utterance to demand agreement or register indignation.
Heightens the speaker's tone of exclamation, disbelief, and irritation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What are you trying to do? Zhiqiang!”
“I'm getting a divorce. Why would I want this child? Decide for yourself.”
“Dad. What did he do?”
“What happened? [1995] Just look at what you've done to my son! Apologize!”
“He has suffered a lot.”
“If my son really broke the law,”