他们怎么都 这么好意思呀
“How could they be so shameless?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Didn't you hear it? We can go to court.”
他们 怎么 都 这么 好意思 呀
“How could they be so shameless?”
“A senior executive's wife just left and then a new rich came!”
“These people are completely shameless and have no dignity!”
Criticizing someone with '怎么好意思' accuses them of having no sense of shame (不要脸), which is considered one of the harshest social critiques in Chinese ethics.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to have the nerve; to have the cheek
Usually used rhetorically with '怎么' to criticize someone's shameless behavior, meaning 'how dare they'.
Softens the rhetorical question phonetically while amplifying the speaker's emotional indignation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You don't have to do this. Thank you.”
“I'm really ashamed to trouble you guys again.”
“We can't accept this. No, no. Let me express my gratitude.”
“How can he be so ungrateful?”
“That's great! Why didn't you tell me sooner?”
“are so impolite.”