忙得我连人家姑娘长什么样子 我都快忘记了
“So busy that I've almost forgotten what the girl even looks like.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你们想得也太远了 我最近就是工作有点忙
“you're thinking way too far ahead. I've just been a bit busy with work lately.”
忙得我连 人家 姑娘 长什么样 子 我都快忘记了
“So busy that I've almost forgotten what the girl even looks like.”
你忙是吧
“You're busy, huh?”
“Stop matchmaking and grilling me; my career comes first and romance is off the table right now.”
Young adults in China frequently face intrusive questions about dating (cuihun) from peers and elders, and invoking intense work schedules is the most socially acceptable excuse to save face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
so busy that I even [do something extreme]
An emphatic construction used to illustrate extreme busyness through a vivid, hyperbolic consequence.
that girl / the young lady in question
A colloquial, slightly detached way to refer to an acquaintance of the opposite sex who was introduced as a potential romantic partner.
Marks a change of state to emphasize that the speaker is currently on the verge of complete forgetfulness.
