<p>This part of the conversation doesn't sound natural to me. A rhetorical question like <code>什么叫xyz</code> is only used after the other person labeled him <code>xyz</code>. Without a previous line like <code>你是活腻歪了吧</code>, the usage seems out of the blue and ambiguous. After watching the video, I think what happened is there is something along that line in the original script but got edited out from the final version.</p>
<p>A conversation like this should go:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>A: 你小子是活腻歪了吧？也不看这什么地方，就敢往里闯。</p>
<p>B: 什么叫活腻歪了，我是来找人的。</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Translation:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>A: Are you courting death? Look at this place, do you think you can barge your way in?</p>
<p>B: What do you mean by courting death? I am simply looking for someone.</p>
</blockquote>

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Yes this sounds most likely; poor editing
congusbongus
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NS.X.
<p>"什么叫活腻歪了"</p>

<p>(1)活腻歪is meaning don't want to live anymore.
   for example, if you wanna jump into the sea, i will say "you are 活腻歪了"</p>

<p>(2)so, the meaning of '什么叫活腻歪了' is 'what is the meaning of 活腻歪了?'
   it is a rhetorical question.</p>

<p>(3)'什么叫活腻歪了 我是来找人的', so, the 小贩 was not wanna die,
    he just wanna find someone (我是来找人的)</p>

<p>:)</p>

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thank you very much, the question itself seems to contain the information supplied by answer 1 except for "rhetorical question" (subt. h. n. punctuation marks, of course 什么 means it is a question). Questioner simply does not understand the reason for posing this rhetorical question, it seems like a bolt out of the blue.
Or does it mean that approaching the "侦缉队总部" involves some conceivable danger (of course one might think so, this being Chinese police in the service of the Japanese occupiers), however the easygoing remainder of the dialogue seems to contradict the existence of any danger.
user6065
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@S.Rhee I translated both meanings and feelings. The police was trying to scare the street vendor.
George Chen
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Dyundyun
<p>Same as 找死(court death). Widely used in north-east China.</p>

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Or simply "活膩了"
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Sean C.
<p>1.（形声。从肉，贰（ èr）声。本义：肥）</p>

<p>2.同本义 [fat]
腻，肥也。——《说文》</p>

<p>Source: <a href="http://baike.baidu.com/view/276705.htm" rel="nofollow">http://baike.baidu.com/view/276705.htm</a></p>

<p>腻了 originally expresses the feeling of having eaten too much fat, i.e. something is good, but one nevertheless wants no more of it.</p>

<p>活腻了 expresses similar attitudes towards a comfortable living. </p>

<p>When asked as a question, the tone is like saying, "What's bothering you? Too much money in your pocket?" The understatement is "I will take your money away from you if that is the case." </p>

<p>Another example, "Life has been too good for you?" The understatement is I'll make it hard if that is your complaints.</p>

<p>活腻了? Directly translated as "fed up with life?" The understatement is what you are doing now is bringing an end to your life.</p>

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<p>In a Chinese TV series <code>敢死队</code>(<a href="http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDE3MTk4NTA4.html" rel="nofollow">第11集</a>).
it seems hard to understand why the peddler says to the detective (11:05) <code>"what do you call(what is meant by) tired of living, I am looking for someone"</code>, <code>"什么叫活腻歪了(northern dialect)"</code> does not seem to be related to anything before or after</p>

<pre><code>有一名侦探，从侦缉队总部走出来就跟要进入的小贩碰了面，
１１：００：侦探：站住
１１：０１；怎么着 老大
１１：０２：你小子也不看这什么地方
１１：０４：就敢往里闯
１１：０５：小贩：什么叫活腻歪了 我是来找人的
１１：０８：侦探：找人找谁啊
１１：１０：小贩：你们伍队张
１１：１２：侦探：你以为我们伍队长吃饱了撑的（另一个成语性词语／惯用语）
１１：１３：谁都见啊滚滚滚
１１：１５：小贩：不是老总
１１：１６：我可是你们伍队长的亲戚啊
１１：２０：侦探：伍队长能有你这种穷亲戚 （侦探打量着小贩）
１１：２３：你蒙谁呢
１１：２７：小贩：要不（他伸出手给侦探看一块大洋）
１１：３１：给伍队长捎句话（侦探接受这块大洋）
１１：３８：捎什么话啊
</code></pre>

<p>see also <a href="https://dict.leo.org/forum/viewUnsolvedquery.php?idThread=1088168&amp;idForum=48&amp;lp=chde&amp;lang=de" rel="nofollow">https://dict.leo.org/forum/viewUnsolvedquery.php?idThread=1088168&amp;idForum=48&amp;lp=chde&amp;lang=de</a></p>

<translation>
reason for saying/asking 什么叫活腻歪了 (what does tired of living mean) in tv series 敢死队：第11集
# reason for saying/asking 什么叫活腻歪了 (what does tired of living mean) in tv series 敢死队：第11集

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-07-27)

In a Chinese TV series 敢死队(第11集).
it seems hard to understand why the peddler says to the detective (11:05) "what do you call(what is meant by) tired of living, I am looking for someone", "什么叫活腻歪了(northern dialect)" does not seem to be related to anything before or after
有一名侦探，从侦缉队总部走出来就跟要进入的小贩碰了面，
１１：００：侦探：站住
１１：０１；怎么着 老大
１１：０２：你小子也不看这什么地方
１１：０４：就敢往里闯
１１：０５：小贩：什么叫活腻歪了 我是来找人的
１１：０８：侦探：找人找谁啊
１１：１０：小贩：你们伍队张
１１：１２：侦探：你以为我们伍队长吃饱了撑的（另一个成语性词语／惯用语）
１１：１３：谁都见啊滚滚滚
１１：１５：小贩：不是老总
１１：１６：我可是你们伍队长的亲戚啊
１１：２０：侦探：伍队长能有你这种穷亲戚 （侦探打量着小贩）
１１：２３：你蒙谁呢
１１：２７：小贩：要不（他伸出手给侦探看一块大洋）
１１：３１：给伍队长捎句话（侦探接受这块大洋）
１１：３８：捎什么话啊

see also https://dict.leo.org/forum/viewUnsolvedquery.php?idThread=1088168&idForum=48&lp=chde⟨=de

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-07-28. Score: 4

This part of the conversation doesn't sound natural to me. A rhetorical question like `什么叫xyz` is only used after the other person labeled him `xyz`. Without a previous line like `你是活腻歪了吧`, the usage seems out of the blue and ambiguous. After watching the video, I think what happened is there is something along that line in the original script but got edited out from the final version.

A conversation like this should go:

> A: 你小子是活腻歪了吧？也不看这什么地方，就敢往里闯。
>
> B: 什么叫活腻歪了，我是来找人的。

Translation:

> A: Are you courting death? Look at this place, do you think you can barge your way in?
>
> B: What do you mean by courting death? I am simply looking for someone.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Yes this sounds most likely; poor editing  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2014-07-28. Score: 3

"什么叫活腻歪了"

(1)活腻歪is meaning don't want to live anymore.
for example, if you wanna jump into the sea, i will say "you are 活腻歪了"

(2)so, the meaning of '什么叫活腻歪了' is 'what is the meaning of 活腻歪了?'
it is a rhetorical question.

(3)'什么叫活腻歪了 我是来找人的', so, the 小贩 was not wanna die,
he just wanna find someone (我是来找人的)

:)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: thank you very much, the question itself seems to contain the information supplied by answer 1 except for "rhetorical question" (subt. h. n. punctuation marks, of course 什么 means it is a question). Questioner simply does not understand the reason for posing this rhetorical question, it seems like a bolt out of the blue. Or does it mean that approaching the "侦缉队总部" involves some conceivable danger (of course one might think so, this being Chinese police in the service of the Japanese occupiers), however the easygoing remainder of the dialogue seems to contradict the existence of any danger.  
> **username_4**: @S.Rhee I translated both meanings and feelings. The police was trying to scare the street vendor.  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2014-07-28. Score: 1

Same as 找死(court death). Widely used in north-east China.

> **Comments:**
> **username_6**: Or simply "活膩了"  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2014-09-02. Score: 0

1.（形声。从肉，贰（ èr）声。本义：肥）

2.同本义 [fat]
腻，肥也。——《说文》

Source: <http://baike.baidu.com/view/276705.htm>

腻了 originally expresses the feeling of having eaten too much fat, i.e. something is good, but one nevertheless wants no more of it.

活腻了 expresses similar attitudes towards a comfortable living.

When asked as a question, the tone is like saying, "What's bothering you? Too much money in your pocket?" The understatement is "I will take your money away from you if that is the case."

Another example, "Life has been too good for you?" The understatement is I'll make it hard if that is your complaints.

活腻了? Directly translated as "fed up with life?" The understatement is what you are doing now is bringing an end to your life.


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