这想着你们这没工夫买吗
“I figured you wouldn't have had a chance to go shopping.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我卡着点来的
“I knew you'd be here at this time!”
这 想着 你们这 没工夫 买吗
“I figured you wouldn't have had a chance to go shopping.”
这菜不敢早买
“I didn't dare buy vegetables too early.”
“I went out of my way to help because I know how busy you are.”
Anticipating the practical needs of busy relatives or friends—such as doing grocery runs for fresh ingredients—is a core way affection and care are manifested in daily Chinese life.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to have no time / to lack leisure
A very common informal colloquialism meaning to be too busy to do something.
Forms a rhetorical question seeking agreement and presenting the speaker's rationale as obvious and considerate.