人家就喝多了吹个牛
“The man was just drunk and bragging.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不是 你查什么呀
“Wait, you are investigating?”
人家 就 喝多了 吹个牛
“The man was just drunk and bragging.”
你给抓 抓到派出所去
“You want to drag him to the police station?”
“He was just talking big while drunk, you totally overreacted by locking him up.”
Bragging over drinks (酒后吹牛) is widely tolerated in Chinese social life; criminalizing or arresting someone for mere boasts is often seen as unreasonable overenforcement.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to brag; to talk big
Everyday colloquial expression for exaggerating or boasting in informal social situations.
to have had too much to drink; tipsy/drunk
The polite and ubiquitous colloquial way to say someone has had too much alcohol.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He's just drunk and he lost his balance.”
“drank a little wine, and enjoyed the breeze.”
“Isn't it normal to have a scratch or something?”
“If you want to drink, why don't we just make something at your place?”
“but once he's drunk, all he talks about is you.”
“You sneak a drink from it now and then. You even lie to others, calling it your health-boosting Qibao Tea.”