<p>Just:</p>

<pre><code>Dude! How can you say that messed-up stuff?
</code></pre>

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2014-02-27T07:54:15.580Z
2014-02-27T07:54:15.580Z
danqing
<pre><code>You, how can you say that messed-up stuff?
</code></pre>

<p>or just omit that and say</p>

<pre><code>How can you say that messed-up stuff?
</code></pre>

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2014-02-27T06:43:08.700Z
2014-02-27T06:43:08.700Z
user3992
<p>It should be:</p>

<pre><code>Hey you! how can you say that messed-up stuff?
</code></pre>

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2014-02-28T00:36:25.147Z
2014-02-28T00:36:25.147Z
j5shi
<p>Simple</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Dude\Come on!\Man!\Buddy\Amigo\My friend, how can say than kind of
  stuff?!</p>
</blockquote>

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2014-03-13T13:35:00.903Z
2014-03-13T13:35:00.903Z
Ave Maleficum
<p>I was typing something in Chinese to a friend including 你这人 (or 你这个人), when I realized that I didn't have a good interpretation of it in English. It just feels like the sort of thing you say to somebody when you're pointing out something criticizable of theirs, but I don't know how to put it in words.</p>

<p>Something like this: 你这人，怎么能说那个乱话呢？ (<strong><em>_</em>__<em>_</em></strong>, how can you say that messed-up stuff?)</p>

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2014-02-27T06:42:37.853Z
Why, you little <insert word of varying level of insult>, how can you _say_ that messed up stuff?!
Stumpy Joe Pete
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2014-02-27T06:44:31.800Z
@StumpyJoePete Your way works too. Sounds good to my ear.
user3992
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2014-02-27T07:15:02.230Z
Just translate its meaning as "How dare you say that?"
xqMogvKW
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2014-02-27T11:55:25.757Z
Perhaps a variation of @StumpyJoePete's answer works too, just leaving out the <insert word of varying level of insult> and say "Why, you little..., how can you..." After all, it's not uncommon to omit the word of insult in English!
Olle Linge
<word-choice>
How do you idiomatically transate 你这个人?
# How do you idiomatically transate 你这个人?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-02-27)

I was typing something in Chinese to a friend including 你这人 (or 你这个人), when I realized that I didn't have a good interpretation of it in English. It just feels like the sort of thing you say to somebody when you're pointing out something criticizable of theirs, but I don't know how to put it in words.

Something like this: 你这人，怎么能说那个乱话呢？ (***\_*\_\_*\_***, how can you say that messed-up stuff?)

**Tags:** word-choice

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Why, you little <insert word of varying level of insult>, how can you _say_ that messed up stuff?!  
> **username_2**: @username_1 Your way works too. Sounds good to my ear.  
> **username_3**: Just translate its meaning as "How dare you say that?"  
> **username_4**: Perhaps a variation of @username_1's answer works too, just leaving out the <insert word of varying level of insult> and say "Why, you little..., how can you..." After all, it's not uncommon to omit the word of insult in English!  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_5 on 2014-02-27. Score: 2

Just:

```
Dude! How can you say that messed-up stuff?

```


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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-02-27. Score: 2

```
You, how can you say that messed-up stuff?

```

or just omit that and say

```
How can you say that messed-up stuff?

```


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### Answer by username_6 on 2014-02-28. Score: 1

It should be:

```
Hey you! how can you say that messed-up stuff?

```


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### Answer by username_7 on 2014-03-13. Score: 1

Simple

> Dude\Come on!\Man!\Buddy\Amigo\My friend, how can say than kind of
> stuff?!


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