没的饭吃了
“My dinner is gone.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
气死我
“Argh.”
没的饭吃了
“My dinner is gone.”
还专门留着肚子回来 等徒弟膜拜感恩
“(I even saved room for it.) (I thought she would make dinner to thank me.)”
“I came all this way expecting hospitality, and I didn't even get fed!”
In Chinese interpersonal dynamics, especially mentor-apprentice relationships, providing a meal represents hospitality, respect, and gratitude; being left without food signals a breach of expected social courtesy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
having no meal to eat
Colloquial spoken phrasing indicating that one ended up with nothing to eat, often carrying a dramatic or aggrieved undertone.
Indicates a new state of affairs where expected food is no longer available.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Can't you even spare time for a meal?”
“Did you skip meals?”
“Nothing wrong has been found about the food yet.”
“Do I look like I'm starving?”
“I wonder if you like the food today.”
“I wonder if you enjoyed the meal.”