你能掀起多大的风浪
“how big a storm you can stir up.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我倒要看看
“Let's see”
你能 掀起多大的风浪
“how big a storm you can stir up.”
咱们走着瞧呗
“Let's wait and see.”
“You are utterly powerless against me; nothing you do will make any difference.”
In confrontational Chinese interactions, challenging someone's ability to 'make waves' is a classic rhetorical device to assert superior standing and discourage resistance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
make waves / stir up trouble
An idiomatic metaphor describing causing significant disruption or mounting a serious challenge.
how ... could [subject] possibly [be]
A rhetorical framing pattern used to minimize and dismiss the scope of an adversary's capabilities.