他才会感恩戴德
“he will be extremely grateful.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
正因为他这个时候有麻烦 您这个时候拉他一把
“It's exactly because he's in trouble now. If you give him a hand now,”
他才会 感恩戴德
“he will be extremely grateful.”
这个包间 是我们这里最大的 那窗户外面看出去
“This room is the biggest one here. Looking out of the window,”
“Bailing him out now will put him completely in your pocket.”
Helping someone in dire straits (delivering charcoal in snowy weather) binds the recipient in a powerful, culturally binding debt of gratitude (Renqing).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to feel deeply grateful and indebted; to be profoundly thankful
A four-character idiom often used to describe overwhelming, subservient gratitude, sometimes with a cynical or strategic undertone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you ought to thank this place.”
“and he would be indebted to me for life.”
“Am I supposed to be grateful to him or something?”
“I really have to thank his wife.”