MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《The Dream Maker》 S1·E20 (09:34) HSK 2
lái dōu lái yì qǐ chī bei

来 都来一起吃呗

“Come and eat together.”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 09:34 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN lǐng dǎo men yě dōu è le ba

领导们也都饿了吧

“You all must be hungry, right?”

lái dōu lái yì qǐ chī bei CURRENT FOCUS

来 都 来一起吃 呗

“Come and eat together.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yě méi shén me hǎo dōng xī zhǐ dāng shì diàn diàn dǔ zi ba

“It's nothing special, just something to tide you over. Come on.”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Dining & Food
Function: INVITING
Tone: WELCOMING
Emotion: HOSPITALITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Commensality and Hospitality (Reqing)

In Chinese culture, sharing food is a primary way to break the ice and build rapport, even across hierarchical boundaries.

INTENT TAGS: #invitation #hospitality #inclusiveness #casual_suggestion
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
一起来 SPOKEN CHUNK

come together / join in together

A very common colloquial phrase used when inviting others to join an activity.

吃呗 SPOKEN CHUNK

just eat / go ahead and eat

Combines the verb to eat with the particle 'bei' to suggest an obvious, casual course of action.

Modal Particle「呗」 (bei) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates casual consent or an obvious suggestion, softening the invitation to make it feel natural and relaxed.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《The Dream Maker》 S1·E20 (09:34) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus