看／瞧你那（X）样
look at you! (teasing or scolding)
Structure
瞧／看 你 那 （形容词） 样（儿） ！
What it means
Look at you!: an exclamation aimed at someone’s look or behaviour, teasing between intimates, scolding otherwise.
How it is built
瞧／看 + 你 + 那 + (adjective) + 样（儿）！: 瞧你那得意样儿 (Look at you, so pleased with yourself!). Common X: 得意, 傻, 没出息.
When to use it
Between family and close friends it teases (瞧你那傻样儿); otherwise it scolds and can be very rude. 瞧 is northern and more colloquial than 看; Beijingers add 儿.
Watch out
Never say it to a superior or a stranger. A longer X often takes 的: 看你那没出息的样儿.
Examples
瞧你那得意样儿，不就是涨了一点儿工资吗？
Look at you, so pleased with yourself! It is only a small pay rise.
看你那没出息的样儿，哭什么！
Look at the state of you! What are you crying for?
瞧你那样，跟三天没吃饭似的。
Look at you, eating as if you had not had a meal in three days.
Learn this in Lesson 221 · HSK 9+: 老舍的《茶馆》 (Lao She’s Teahouse and the Beijing voice)
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