生意不好吗 都没有什么人
“Business is not good? There are almost no customers.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“-Come on! Come on! -Come on! OK. You are dismissed.”
生意不好 吗 都 没有什么 人
“Business is not good? There are almost no customers.”
不是到淡季了嘛
“This is the slack season, you know.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese culture, asking acquaintances or colleagues directly about commercial traffic or business performance is a standard form of small talk and interpersonal concern.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
business is slow / bad
A standard spoken phrase used to describe poor commercial revenue or lack of foot traffic.
hardly anyone / very few people
A very natural colloquial way to remark on the lack of customers or audience.
Transforms the observation into a straightforward polar question.
