来 不说这些 我敬二位
“Come on, that's it. A toast to you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“This would come out eventually, right?”
来 不说 这些 我 敬二位
“Come on, that's it. A toast to you.”
“Stop talking about this risky issue right now; drink with me instead.”
At Chinese banquets, proposing a toast is a conventional social strategy to smoothly interrupt sensitive topics and re-establish harmony without open confrontation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
let's not talk about this; leaving that aside
A natural conversational pivot used to politely shut down an unwelcome or awkward topic and redirect the interaction.
propose a toast to the two of you
A polite phrase commonly uttered at dinner tables when honoring two interlocutors simultaneously with a drink.