平时看你碎嘴子 东家长西家短的
“You usually chat away about everyone else's business.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“You... You knew and didn't tell me? Why are you like this?”
平时 看你 碎嘴子 东家长西家短 的
“You usually chat away about everyone else's business.”
关键时候你哑炮了
“You clam up at crucial times?”
“You are always meddling in everyone else's business, so why stay quiet now?”
In traditional community life, gossiping about neighbors' domestic matters ('东家长西家短') is widespread, often despised yet paradoxically relied upon for local news.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
gossip; blabbermouth; chatterbox
A colloquial Northern Mandarin term describing someone who talks incessantly or gossips carelessly.
neighborhood gossip; trivial affairs of neighbors
A set idiom describing petty neighborhood gossip about domestic disputes and private affairs.
Nominalizes the behavioral state, adding an assertive, characterizing tone.
