Who Are You Kidding?! (Elementary)

Chinese Language Convo Club

Is today's protagonist Xiao Yang, a bit accident prone? Or did he get into a fight? In today's beginner level episode, we learn to ask certain questions such as "What happened (to your face)"? "What's the matter"? and responses that down-play it, like "Nothing" or "Nothing much". Today's key sentence structure is "Can you really (do this)..by (doing that)?" Vocabulary: 脸 (liǎn) - face 昨天 (zuótiān) - yesterday 电影院 (diànyǐngyuàn) - cinema 离开 (líkāi) - leave 撞 (zhuàng) - bump into 骗 (piàn) - deceive, cheat 下巴 (xiàba) - chin 车祸 (chēhuò) - car accident 医院 (yīyuàn) - hospital Dialogue: 高月：诶？。。你的脸怎么了? 小样：没怎么, 我就是昨天从电影院离开的时候撞到门上了。 高月：你骗谁呢? 撞门能撞到下巴? 小样：（叹气。。。）好吧, 我昨天回家的时候被车撞了。 高月：你昨天发生了车祸? 那你去医院了吗? 小样：没去, 我只是被撞了一下, 没怎么样。 Gāo Yuè: Nǐ de liǎn zěnme le? Xiǎo Yáng: Méi zěnme, wǒ jiùshì zuótiān cóng diànyǐngyuàn líkāi de shíhou zhuàng dào ménshàngle. Gāo Yuè: Nǐ piàn shuí ne? Zhuàng mén néng zhuàng dào xiàba? Xiǎo Yáng: Hǎo ba, wǒ zuótiān huí jiā de shíhou bèi chē zhuàngle. Gāo Yuè: Nǐ zuótiān fāshēngle chēhuò? Nà nǐ qù yīyuànle ma? Xiǎo Yáng: Méi qù, wǒ zhǐshì bèi zhuàngle yīxià, méi zěnme yàng. Gao Yue: What happened to your face? Xiǎo Yáng: Nothing, I just ran into the door when I was leaving the movies yesterday. Gao Yue: Who are you kidding? Can you hit your chin by running into the door? Xiǎo Yáng: Okay.. When I was going home yesterday, a car bumped into me. Gao Yue: You were in a car accident yesterday? Did you go to the hospital? Xiǎo Yáng: I didn’t go. It just bumped into me, nothing serious.