那他有没有那种老主顾 就是经常照顾他生意的
“Does he have regulars who frequent his stall?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他现在没在 平时他来吗 有时候来 有时候不来吧
“He's not here now. Does he usually come? Sometimes yes. Sometimes no.”
那他 有没有 那种 老主顾 就是 经常 照顾他 生意的
“Does he have regulars who frequent his stall?”
“He comes here on and off. How could he have regulars? Thank you.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Using the verb 照顾 ('to look after') for doing business frames commerce as an act of personal assistance or kindness rather than purely transactional trade.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
regular customer; patron
Used in commercial or informal contexts to refer to long-standing, repeated clients.
to patronize a business; to give someone business
A polite, conventional Chinese way to describe buying goods or services from a shopkeeper.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The waitresses who worked here before were all his relatives.”
“We're all old acquaintances. What's that fuss about?”
“his manager must be a wonderful person, too.”
“I always go to ask for food. He's not giving me any. You have more sway.”
“You're kind of a regular here. Can't bear to leave, huh?”
“a long-time worker at Li Ink.”