Chinese Conversation 汉语对话 开涮 kāishuàn

Beijing Dialect

Make a fool of somebody

开涮

(kāishuàn)

A: You made a fool of me yesterday, didn't you!

你昨儿晚上又拿我开涮来着,是不是!

(nǐ zuó'ér wǎnshànɡ yòu ná wǒ kāishuàn láizhe,shìbùshì!)

B: So what? I just told your funny stories to our friends.

那怎么了？我只是跟咱俩的朋友讲讲你的趣事儿。

(nà zěnme le？wǒ zhīshì ɡēn zánliǎnɡ de pénɡyǒu jiǎnɡjiǎnɡ nǐ de qùshì'ér.)

A: That's so embarrassing! I can't face them after that.

这太丢人了！这让我以后怎么见人！

(zhè tài diurén le！zhè rànɡ wǒ yǐhòu zěnme jiànrén！)

B: I promise, I won't do it again.

我保证下回不这么干了。

(wǒ bǎozhènɡ xiàhuí bù zhème ɡànle. )