嫂子 以后别再破费了
“Renzi, please don't spend extra money on me anymore.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Did you finish those treatments at the Chinese medicine clinic? Not yet.”
嫂子 以后 别再破费了
“Renzi, please don't spend extra money on me anymore.”
没事
“It's fine.”
“You've done more than enough, and I feel guilty letting you spend your own money on my treatments.”
In Chinese kinship etiquette, repeatedly telling family members 'not to spend money' (别破费) is a necessary ritual to show consideration and prevent unequal debt of human obligation (renqing).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to spend money; to go to great expense
A polite, conventional formula used exclusively to thank someone for spending money on your behalf or hosting you.
don't ... anymore
A standard construction to urge someone to stop an ongoing or repeated action.
Signifies a change of state, reinforcing the polite plea to stop continuing the action of spending money.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Qin, look.”
“Xiaoxi, don't listen to his nonsense.”
“Aihong, look at his temper. I can't bear it. He is yours.”
“Qin, it's all thanks to you.”
“Sister-in-law, I've been wanting to tell you this.”
“Jing. Then I won't see you out.”