这菜不上桌 你是不会进门
“You just won't come back until the dishes are on the table.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
凌霄在医院呢 怎么去医院了呀 凌霄生病了
“and Ling Xiao is in the hospital. Why did he go to hospital? Is he sick?”
这 菜不上桌 你是 不会 进门
“You just won't come back until the dishes are on the table.”
“Would you like a bowl or half a bowl of rice? No need.”
“You only show up right when it's time to eat!”
In Chinese households, mild teasing or nagging about punctuality and food is a warm, indirect expression of domestic intimacy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to be served on the dining table
Used when dishes are finished cooking and brought out for a meal.
to enter the door / arrive home
A natural colloquial term meaning stepping inside the house.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You don't even dare eat my cooking?”
“Why are there still some dishes not served?”
“You're making fried noodles for me?”
“with Li Jianjian. Well, there's a lot in the pot. You can have it.”
“you shouldn't be in this profession.”
“You're not his type.”