我们又不是来吃饭的
“We're not here to eat!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不吃 不吃 不吃
“No, we're not eating.”
我们 又不是 来 吃饭 的
“We're not here to eat!”
“- Exactly! - Right! Alright then, let's put the land issue aside for now.”
“Don't try to placate us with food; let's talk about the real problem.”
In Chinese negotiations, sharing meals often serves to soften tensions, so refusing to eat signals an unwillingness to compromise.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it is not as if / clearly not
Use this rhetorical pattern to refute an assumption or emphasize an obvious counterpoint.
Used at the end of the sentence to assert certainty and affirm the nature of their visit.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Now that he won't come, let's eat cake.”
“Don't ask. They're not here to eat.”
“And we're not here for fun.”
“not for a vacation.”