没心没肺的玩意儿
“You heartless thing.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
还有脸笑
“You still have the nerve to smile.”
没心没肺的玩意儿
“You heartless thing.”
“Stop smiling like a fool and start worrying about your future before you hit rock bottom!”
Chinese elders frequently use sharp, harsh pejoratives toward their offspring to jar them out of complacency, motivated by deep underlying anxiety for their survival.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
carefree to a fault / thick-skinned and oblivious / inconsiderate
A common colloquial idiom used both affectionately and reproachfully to describe someone who does not worry or feel remorse.
thing / rascal / worthless fellow
A strongly colloquial northern Chinese noun used pejoratively or as a rough familial teasing label for people.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He's not breathing!”
“I was worried that you wouldn't think about our future.”
“Few are as carefree as you, always so pumped up,”
“Tied?”
“Why are you so low-spirited? It's like you're dying.”
“Why are you so low-spirited? It's like you're dying.”