想叫什么叫什么 没叫你“狗蛋”算不错了
“I'll call him whatever I want. You're lucky I didn't go with "brat".”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那叫什么？ 我现在可是小拾光的阿娘
“Then what should I call him? I'm little Shiguang's mother now.”
想叫什么叫什么 没 叫你 “狗蛋” 算不错了
“I'll call him whatever I want. You're lucky I didn't go with "brat".”
狗蛋
“Hi, brat…”
“Stop nitpicking what I call you; you're lucky I haven't insulted you worse.”
Names like 'Goudan' (Dog Egg) were traditionally given to rural children under the folk superstition that a lowly, worthless name keeps evil spirits away and helps the child survive easily; today it is used jokingly as an archetypal crude nickname.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
should be considered fortunate; not bad at all
A spoken phrase used to convey that an outcome could have been much worse, so the listener should be satisfied.
call [someone] whatever one pleases
A reduplicative pattern expressing total autonomy and disregard for rules or external preferences.
Marks a completed state evaluation, reinforcing the speaker's decisive judgment that the listener is already well-treated.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Call me whatever you want.”
“How can you call them trivial?”
“Call her whatever you want, as long as you're happy.”
“No wonder it sounded so awkward.”
“Fine. Call me whatever you like.”
“"Yu" for fish, and "Dan" for egg. Why on earth did they name you that?”