你们卖唱挑人是吧
“You're picking who to sing for!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
收钱还说玩
“She charged for it!”
你们 卖唱 挑人 是吧
“You're picking who to sing for!”
“Who do you think you are to look down on me when you're just taking people's money?”
In transactional interactions, being turned away or given inferior service makes a paying customer lose face, provoking sharp confrontations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to pick and choose people; to be selective or snobbish about clientele
Use this to criticize service workers or hosts who treat certain customers better than others.
isn't that right?; right?
Used at the end of an accusatory sentence to force the listener into a corner.
Softens the grammatical form into a tag question while intensifying the sarcastic, accusatory bite.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“They really took us for buskers.”
“She performed on the streets. What about you?”
“I heard you entertain guests but don't sell yourself.”
“no more than a street performer. I can't force anything upon you.”
“Actually, I'm just a lousy performer.”
“What are they singing about?”