- 来一根 - 我不抽烟 谢谢
“Have one. I don't smoke. Thanks.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你们几个来了啊
“Good to see you, guys.”
- 来一根 - 我不抽烟 谢谢
“Have one. I don't smoke. Thanks.”
- 写着呢? - 嗯 等开完会吃
“Writing notes? - Let's eat after this. - Okay.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Offering a cigarette is a standard social lubricant among men in Chinese workplace culture to build rapport, even if declining politely is completely acceptable.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
have a cigarette
A highly colloquial, casual way to offer someone a single cigarette.
I do not smoke
The standard, polite way to decline an offered cigarette without causing offense.