背了这么一大坨书回来
“bring back such a huge pile of books today?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你今天怎么
“Why did you”
背 了 这么 一大坨 书 回来
“bring back such a huge pile of books today?”
未来一个月
“Over the next month,”
“Why on earth did you drag such an enormous mountain of books home?”
Chinese speakers frequently use unconventional measure words like '坨' jokingly to emphasize heaviness, clutter, or ridiculous volume among close peers.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a huge lump / huge chunk / massive pile
A highly colloquial, informal measure word used to exaggerate a messy, heavy, or bulky cluster of objects.
carried ... back (on one's back)
A typical directional complement structure indicating the physical effort of transporting something home.