那盘子已经粘好了
“the plate is already glued back together.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
叔
“Uncle,”
那盘子已经粘 好了
“the plate is already glued back together.”
实在不行
“If worse comes to worst,”
“Don't worry or get angry, I've already fixed the problem.”
Mending broken household items rather than immediately discarding them reflects traditional Chinese thrift and an effort to avoid domestic reprimand.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
glued back together / successfully repaired
A resultative complement combining 'to stick/glue' with 'good/properly done'.
already ...
Standard pattern used to express that an action has reached completion before the present moment.
Denotes the completed change of state of the broken plate now being restored.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“There's no way to piece it together again.”
“Could there be a mistake? Have you finished tidying up?”
“Everything is sorted out.”
“to nothing but ashes?”
“with the case files of those two dead women.”
“has an heir.”