你别给我装 我说你俩什么时候要孩子啊
“Drop that act. When are you planning to have kids?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
什么
“What?”
你 别给我装 我说 你俩 什么时候 要孩子啊
“Drop that act. When are you planning to have kids?”
“Since you're with him now, it'll come sooner or later.”
“Quit dodging the question—tell me when you plan to have a baby.”
Older family members in China often feel entitled to directly question and urge younger couples to reproduce, viewing it as an essential family obligation rather than a strictly private matter.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
stop playing dumb / don't pretend with me
A colloquial and blunt imperative used between close friends or family to call out evasive behavior.
have a baby / start a family
The standard informal Chinese expression for planning to have children.
Adds an insistent and pressing tone to the end of the interrogative sentence.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Stop pretending with me.”
“Stop pretending.”
“How would I know? Stop pretending. You know everything.”
“Stop pretending. I get it.”
“Stop playing dumb.”
“What are you saying? I don't understand. Stop pretending.”