人来就好 下次别再买东西了
“Just having you here is enough. You don't have to bring anything next time.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
何警官 我不太会买东西 就给您带了点补品
“Officer He, I'm not good at picking gifts, so I brought some supplements.”
人来就好 下次 别再买东西了
“Just having you here is enough. You don't have to bring anything next time.”
晓荷 赶紧帮你小乔阿姨 把衣服换了 换双鞋
“Xiaohe, help Ms. Qiao change clothes - and get her a pair of slippers. - Okay.”
“You really did not need to spend money on me, but thank you for coming.”
Chinese hosts routinely tell guests not to bring gifts ('人来就好') as an essential social ritual of courtesy, even though bringing gifts is standard etiquette.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
just having you come is enough / your presence is gift enough
A standard, courteous phrase used by Chinese hosts when receiving guests bearing gifts.
don't ... again next time
Used to politely discourage someone from repeating a costly or burdensome favor.
Marks a change of situation, reinforcing the directive not to bring items in the future.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Your presence is enough. Besides, you already brought a gift.”
“Someone! No need. I'll go get it myself.”
“- I'll ask around for you on my way. - Okay. Bye.”
“Here you are. Now this has saved us much trouble. They just gave us an invitation.”
“but they came to us on their own.”
“Here, take this. Okay, this one. Easy.”