本来说好去我我兼职地方接我来着
“He was supposed to pick me up from work.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他是不是队里临时有事没忙完呀？
“I thought something had come up at work and kept him busy.”
本来说好 去我我 兼职 地方 接我 来着
“He was supposed to pick me up from work.”
结果我等了半天 一直没等到人 打电话也不接
“I waited, and he never showed. He didn't answer my calls either.”
“He promised me, but he totally flaked and left me hanging.”
Offering rides and escorting partners after work is a standard gesture of care in Chinese relationships; failing to do so without notice causes considerable friction.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
originally agreed upon
Commonly introduces a contrast between an initial plan and a subsequent failure or change of plans.
used at the end of a sentence to indicate a past situation or action
A colloquial northern particle indicating an action that was planned, occurred, or was recalled from the recent past.
Signifies that an event or state was previously the case, framing the past agreement before contrasting it with what actually happened.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It was also the only path back to the city after you finished your part-time job.”
“I visited the place where she worked part-time.”
“No. I found a part-time job”
“Aren't you working your side job tonight? My side job is at the bar.”
“With all the side jobs you've worked, you should know whether people have things in common has nothing to do with whether they're”
“After I finished my part-time job, I left directly by taxi.”