咱们两家可以常来常往 多亲多近
“our two families can be close friends.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他如果帮的话
“helps us this time,”
咱们两家可以 常来常往 多亲多近
“our two families can be close friends.”
“If he keeps pretending to be high-and-mighty,”
“If he plays ball, we can be close allies and benefit each other.”
Inter-family visits and gift exchanges ('常来常往') are foundational to maintaining social alliances and mutual obligations in Chinese society.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to visit back and forth frequently
Used to describe ongoing, frequent social exchanges between friends, neighbors, or families.
to get closer and cultivate intimacy
A conventional idiom used when proposing or encouraging warmer, more intimate relationships.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We should keep some distance”
“we became much closer.”
“we could become a family”