什么大人物啊 鬼鬼祟祟的
“What kind of big shot is this, sneaking around like this?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你不用跟过来
“You don't need to follow me.”
什么 大人物 啊 鬼鬼祟祟 的
“What kind of big shot is this, sneaking around like this?”
“Could it be some shady business?”
“They don't look important at all, they look like they are up to no good.”
In Chinese culture, authentic status often carries overt dignity; acting furtively is seen as contradictory to being a true person of importance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
sneaky; furtive; behaving suspiciously
A common four-character idiom used colloquially to criticize covert or suspicious behavior.
what kind of... / some... indeed
A rhetorical pattern expressing skepticism, disbelief, or dismissal regarding a claimed identity or quality.
Softens the rhetorical question while conveying an attitude of incredulity and mild derision.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“some VIP must have arrived.”
“as a grown man,”
“Today, I've invited an important person from here.”
“Me—neither one thing nor another— a big shot?”
“rich people.”
“We are grown men. We don't have that much to say.”