Learn Chinese in bite-sized portions everyday with Shanghaiist! Today’s phrase of the day is… 咋 (zǎ): why 上天: (shàng tiān): fly to the sky 你咋不上天呢？(nǐ zǎ bù shàng tiān ne) “Why don’t you fly to the sky?” We use this phrase when somebody is asking for too much as a way to express incredulity….