他们吃上的时候我就 再过来好不好
“I'll come back when the meal is ready, alright?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那我就先回去 我给他们做个年夜饭
“I want to go back first to cook New Year's Eve dinner for them.”
他们 吃上的时候 我就 再过来好不好
“I'll come back when the meal is ready, alright?”
这肯定是不符合规定的
“It's definitely against the rules.”
“Please let me leave for just a moment to take care of my family; I promise I won't run away.”
The New Year's Eve dinner is the most sacred meal in Chinese culture, prompting people to make extraordinary sacrifices or plea for exceptions just to feed their families.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to manage to eat / to sit down and start eating
A colloquial verbal complement structure indicating the successful achievement or commencement of dining.
okay? / is that fine?
A common tag question used to solicit agreement or softly plead for approval.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Come again when you're done. Okay.”
“Well. If you like it, take another bite. Well.”
“What they are eating is more delicious than mine. That's ridiculous.”
“Come back next time if you like it.”
“At least stay for dinner. I'm in a rush. That boy...”
“Then we step in and ride the wave.”