phrase
Meaning 1
Asks the age of the interlocutor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Literally: What is your age in years?
Meaning relationships
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phrase
Asks the age of the interlocutor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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phrase
Used to question the mental age (maturity) of the interlocutor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: impolite
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phrase
Why is it always you? You again?
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: China, humorous
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History
Word by word translation of Chinese 怎麼老是你?/怎么老是你? (Zěnme lǎoshì nǐ?, “Why is it always you?”)
Across languages
212 source translations are retained for this English entry.