老拿嘴当刀子用
“all the time.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
好好的嘴
“Don't use it like a knife”
老 拿嘴当刀子用
“all the time.”
你们分不了
“♪The dripping pipes♪ You two aren't splitting up.”
“You don't actually mean what you say, but your sharp tongue hurts people deeply.”
Chinese culture frequently recognizes individuals who have sharp, blunt tongues despite harboring good intentions, though such harsh phrasing often strains close relationships.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to use sharp, wounding words; to speak scathingly
A vivid colloquial metaphor used to criticize someone whose speech is unnecessarily sharp and hurtful.
always; perpetually
Placed before a verb in northern spoken Chinese to express mild annoyance at a repeated, habitual action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You broke the rules and still talked tough.”
“You do have a silver tongue.”
“It also feels like you're using me as a tool.”
“he warned us fiercely.”
“That's using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.”
“What an ungrateful traitor.”