你哪儿来的主意？

Where did you get the idea?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=1 你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
2 哪儿 nǎr
  1. where?
  2. wherever; anywhere; somewhere
  3. (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...?
3 来的 láide
  1. (regional, chiefly Cantonese-influenced Mandarin, colloquial) synonym of 來著 /来着 (láizhe)
  2. at; in
  3. synonym of 來著 /来着 (láizhe)
  4. to be at; to be in; to exist
  5. used to indicate the continuous aspect
=4 主意 zhǔyi
  1. plan
  2. idea
  3. decision
  4. Beijing pr. zhúyi

classifier: 個
=4 主意 zhǔyì
  1. (Puxian Min) to maintain a position; to advocate; to stand for something
  2. idea; plan
  3. means; method; way
  4. personal judgement; opinion; decision
  5. to maintain a position; to advocate; to stand for something