你怎么不按常理出牌啊
“why are you so unpredictable?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你这个瘟神
“You Plague,”
你怎么不 按常理出牌啊
“why are you so unpredictable?”
我不是瘟神
“I'm not a Plague.”
“You are completely unpredictable and ruining my plans!”
Chinese interpersonal strategy often relies on tacit, predictable social scripts; violating them flusters opponents and provokes overt complaints.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not playing by the rules, unorthodox, acting unpredictably
A very popular modern idiom used when someone does not follow conventional patterns or expectations.
Heightens the rhetorical, bewildered tone of the complaint.