- 不多 - 这还不多?
“Not many. Seriously?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
各陈兵五百
“and at the East, West, and South Gates, 500 troops each.”
- 不多 - 这还不多 ?
“Not many. Seriously?”
望城屯兵只有五百 这能打得过这三千
“Wangcheng has only 500 garrison troops. How can we defeat 3,000 elite troops from the Northern Desert?”
“Are you out of your mind? That is a massive threat and we clearly don't have enough men!”
Repeating the opponent's assertion with a question particle or emphatic '还' is a standard spoken Chinese method to expose perceived absurdity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how can this still be...
A rhetorical device used to express shock that someone could hold such an unreasonable standard or opinion.