I heard it on the street... my brain's gone!
Tags: street talk, confusion
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I'll start off with a condition that I know only too well. On ChinesePod we have heard the expression 乱七八糟 luànqībāzāo (all over the place; at sixes and seven)..
Yesterday I heard 我是雷得外僬里嫩 wo shi léi de wài jiāo li nèn.. I am not sure of the 'breakdown' but it means 'I am very tired and confused'. 嫩 nèn has a number of meanings including 'not good at something', but here it means 'tender' [edited, thanks Jason.]
The conversation goes something like this .. (corrections are welcome):
A: 你干嘛啦?
B: 那,最近我睡的很不好。
A: 哦,真的不好情况。。
B: 对对对,那,那 昨天我跟我们的朋友联系啊。。
A: 哦,谁?
B: 哦,。。。 我忘了。 我,我是雷得外僬里嫩。。
A: 是么?
B: 我是纠结的。
A: 是么?
B: 我累死了。
A: 去睡觉吧!
B. 好。
Variations on this condition include:
我是纠结的。。 wo shi jiūjié de (my brain's 'gone' - literally it means that I am all mixed up with.. )
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