用电脑是不是有点大材小用啊
“Isn't using a computer a bit overkill?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但你学英文用复读机就可以了嘛
“But you could just use a tape recorder to learn English.”
用电脑 是不是有点 大材小用 啊
“Isn't using a computer a bit overkill?”
我还编了点程嘛
“I also wrote some programs.”
“Come on, do you really need an entire computer just for English, or are you making an excuse?”
In Chinese households, buying high-tech gadgets often requires justifying that the purchase will be used for serious study rather than frivolous entertainment.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
using a big talent for a trivial task; overkill
A popular idiom used figuratively here to describe utilizing an overly powerful or expensive tool for a very basic job.
isn't it a bit; isn't it rather
A soft hedging strategy used to question someone's reasoning without sounding too aggressive.
Softens the rhetorical question into a colloquial, teasing prompt for confirmation.
