来来来 多吃点大萝卜 我也要吃 吃吃吃
“Come on, eat more turnips. I want some too. Dig in!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你哥呀 是笨得像萝卜 娘 说你呢 笨得像萝卜
“Your brother? He's as dumb as a turnip! Mother. She's saying you're as dumb as a turnip!”
来来来 多吃点 大萝卜 我也要 吃 吃吃吃
“Come on, eat more turnips. I want some too. Dig in!”
哥 你多吃点萝卜
“Zhengliang, have more turnips.”
“Let's change the topic and just enjoy our meal together.”
Repeatedly offering food and urging others to eat more is a quintessential Chinese domestic gesture representing maternal or familial love and peacekeeping.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
come on; here, take this
A highly common spoken formula used to invite participation, encourage drinking/eating, or urge action.
eat more
A standard hospitable phrase used across Chinese dinner tables to show care and warmth.