那嫂子说得对嘛 这东西的确搬不上台面
“She's right. This stuff really isn't presentable.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
人家看不上 说啥呢嘛 你少说两句吧 我说了咋了
“at your cheap little gifts. What are you talking about? Just drop it, okay? So what if I said it?”
那嫂子 说得对 嘛 这东西的确 搬不上台面
“She's right. This stuff really isn't presentable.”
下次来带点好的过来 但是您对秦娥
“I'll bring something better next time. But I think you have”
“She's right, my gift is modest, so please don't fight over it on my account.”
When a gift is judged as inadequate ('cannot be put on the table'), the giver frequently engages in self-deprecation to salvage face and restore domestic harmony.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unpresentable; unworthy of formal presentation
A frequent idiom used self-deprecatingly about modest gifts or improper behaviors unsuitable for polite society.
Indicates that the statement should be obvious and accepted naturally to ease tension.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Hey, sister-in-law's still here. Can you not talk nonsense?”
“Qin, no more talking?”
“You just won't come back until the dishes are on the table.”
“We just stop hiring them, right? Right. That's a way. Yeah. Yes, stop hiring them.”
“Qin, look.”
“Why should I sleep on the street? Besides, I have so much stuff. There's no way I can move it all.”