长大怎么了?
“What's wrong with grown-up me?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“so you send little Shiguang to make yourself look a little better?”
长大 怎么了 ?
“What's wrong with grown-up me?”
不帅吗?
“Not handsome enough?”
“What's the issue? I look much better this way!”
Modern Chinese speakers often playfully talk about gaining or losing 'impression points' when trying to impress romantic interests or peers.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what's wrong with; so what
A versatile spoken phrase used to challenge an objection or ask what the problem is.
Indicates the completed change of state into adulthood, and forms the rhetorical challenge chunk '怎么了'.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'm not young anymore.”
“You're not young anymore.”
“You're not young anymore.”
“I'm all grown up now,”
“You're grown up now.”
“Look, you are a grown man,”