等着你哥回来
“Wait for your brother to come back.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Then you'll have eggs to eat and won't starve.”
等着你 哥 回来
“Wait for your brother to come back.”
“You must not go out before dawn.”
“Be good, stay right here, and don't do anything reckless until your brother gets back.”
In traditional Chinese families, an older brother often shoulders parental-level responsibility for protecting and providing for younger siblings.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
wait / stay waiting
The aspect particle 'zhe' marks an ongoing continuous state of waiting.
your elder brother
A common informal truncation of '你哥哥' frequently used in casual spoken Chinese.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“that your brother didn't come back mostly because of you,”
“Sir, when will Mr. Hao be back?”
“Now that your brother and I are here, why do you return to Singapore yourself?”
“Brother, come back often.”
“You still haven't been to see my brother, right?”
“come to me anytime.”