那吃完饭了总要回家吧
“He still has to go home after dinner, right?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
都有饭局
“every night.”
那 吃完 饭了总要 回家吧
“He still has to go home after dinner, right?”
那万一他吃完
“What if he goes for a bath”
“Dinner cannot last forever, so stop making excuses for them.”
Socializing over dinner (fanju) is frequently cited in China as an unavoidable obligation, prompting domestic or interpersonal debate over personal accountability.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
finish eating dinner / after the meal
A fundamental resultative complement structure indicating the completion of a meal.
inevitably must / at least have to
Used to express an unavoidable basic expectation or minimum requirement.
Indicates the completion of eating dinner within the conditional clause.
Softens the rhetorical assertion while seeking agreement or confirmation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“for dinner more often.”
“I'll book a ticket to go back after the meal.”
“we can go home and have a proper meal, right?”
“I'll go as soon as I finish eating.”
“Take your food back to the dorms.”
“Wait, why don't you have a meal before you leave? There's no time.”