干的是不咋地道
“wasn't very honorable.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但是你跟老佟这事
“But what you and Tong did”
干的是 不咋地道
“wasn't very honorable.”
把小辉折腾得够呛
“You really put Hui through a lot.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Beyond meaning 'authentic' for food or accents, 'didao' is widely used in northern colloquial speech to describe fair play, integrity, and decent interpersonal conduct.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not very ethical; not up to scratch; shabby
Colloquial northern expression evaluating moral conduct or quality as substandard.
not very; not much
Informal contraction of '不怎么' common in spoken Mandarin.