碰上无赖 你说你怎么办呀
“What can you do with a rascal?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
是吧
“Right?”
碰上无赖 你说你 怎么办呀
“What can you do with a rascal?”
怎么办呢
“What can I do?”
“You can't reason with someone who has no shame, so what else can we possibly do?”
In Chinese social interaction, a 'wulai' refers to someone who blatantly ignores social norms and moral decency, often leaving ordinary people at a loss because formal etiquette is ineffective against them.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to run into; to encounter unexpectedly
Commonly used in spoken Chinese when coming across an unforeseen situation or difficult individual.
what to do; what can be done
A colloquial question formula adding the particle 'ya' to convey distress or urgency.
Softens the rhetorical question while underscoring personal exasperation.