是占便宜的事吗
“Take advantage? Is that all?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就想占我们便宜吧
“wanted to take advantage of us.”
是 占便宜 的 事 吗
“Take advantage? Is that all?”
余鸣 你是什么样的人
“Yu Ming, you think I don't know”
“How dare you claim I'm taking advantage of you! There is zero benefit in this for me.”
Being accused of 'zhan pianyi' is deeply offensive in Chinese interpersonal ethics, implying small-minded opportunism, lack of integrity, and disrespect for reciprocity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to take unfair advantage; to gain at others' expense
An essential colloquial phrase used critically when someone seeks petty gains or benefits unjustly from another.
Forms a sharp rhetorical question that turns a query into an emphatic denial.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“they all wanted to take advantage of me.”
“wouldn't I be losing a great deal for a small gain?”
“(Consider it as me taking advantage of you.)”
“is it wrong for me to save money for the customer?”
“I've benefited from you, after all.”
“Sounds like I'm getting the better deal.”