你回来吃饭也不提前跟我说一声
“You didn't tell me you were coming back for dinner.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你回来 吃饭 也不 提前跟我说一声
“You didn't tell me you were coming back for dinner.”
早知道后面两个患者
“If I'd known, I wouldn't have scheduled”
“I want to cook a good meal for you, so give me a heads-up next time.”
In Chinese households, parental complaints about unannounced visits for dinner signify deep care and hospitable concern rather than genuine anger, stemming from the desire to feed their offspring well.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
let me know in advance / give me a heads-up
A highly practical colloquial collocation used to ask someone to notify you beforehand.
not even / yet fails to
Placed before verbs to inject a tone of mild dissatisfaction or reproach.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why didn't you tell me you came back?”
“You didn't even tell us you were coming back.”
“You should have told me earlier that you were coming back for lunch.”