不是 我是发现 你是得了便宜还卖乖
“No, you're acting coy after benefiting.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I'll improve later, okay? I'll be careful.”
不是 我是 发现 你 是 得了便宜还卖乖
“No, you're acting coy after benefiting.”
“Be grateful. Without her, you'd have faced disaster.”
“Stop playing the victim; you came out ahead and should be grateful instead of whining.”
Chinese interpersonal norms expect individuals to show sincere humility and acknowledge help received, strongly condemning those who gain advantages while acting victimized.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to play the innocent after getting a bargain; to feign grievance after benefiting
A vivid and very common idiom used to reprimand someone who complains or acts self-righteous even though they gained an advantage.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“so smug after taking advantage of others.”
“You're being smug after getting a bargain, huh?”
“"Duh leh pyen-ee hi my guy" (cashing in and pretending not to notice).”