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《Born with Luck》 S1·E8 (20:49) HSK 4
dào fàn kǒu bù liú nǐ chī fàn

到饭口不留你吃饭

“If I don't invite you to stay for a meal,”

《Born with Luck》 S1·E8
TIMECODE: 20:49 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN mǎi mài bù chéng qíng yì zài

买卖不成情义在

“Business may fail, but friendship remains.”

dào fàn kǒu bù liú nǐ chī fàn CURRENT FOCUS

到饭口不留 你吃 饭

“If I don't invite you to stay for a meal,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN chuán chū qù

传出去

“and word gets out,”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: OFFERING HOSPITALITY
Tone: HOSPITABLE
Emotion: CORDIALITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“It would make me look terribly impolite and stingy if I let you leave hungry right now.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Dining Hospitality and Face

Letting a guest or business associate leave without an invitation to eat around mealtime can be seen as stingy or lacking basic hospitality (li shu).

INTENT TAGS: #hospitality #saving_face #politeness #social_bonding
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
饭口 SPOKEN CHUNK

mealtime

A colloquial northern term referring specifically to typical times when people sit down to eat.

留你吃饭 SPOKEN CHUNK

keep someone for a meal

Commonly used by hosts to insist guests stay to dine together out of courtesy.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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