我来都来了 不请我进去喝杯茶吗
“Now that I'm here, won't you invite me in for a cup of tea?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
无事不登三宝殿嘛 自然是有事来找戚东家喽
“No one comes knocking without a reason. I'm here for you.”
我来都来了 不请 我进去 喝杯茶 吗
“Now that I'm here, won't you invite me in for a cup of tea?”
既然说我这里是宝殿 那自然有好茶招待 里边请
“Since you need my favour, I naturally have good tea to treat you. Please come in.”
“I made the effort to come all the way here, so you can't politely dismiss me at the door.”
Inviting a guest inside for tea is the fundamental baseline of Chinese hospitality; invoking it puts moral and social pressure on the host not to turn the visitor away.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
since (I am/one is) already here anyway
A very common Chinese idiom/mindset used to justify taking the next step or asking for hospitality simply because the effort of arriving has already been made.
to have a cup of tea
Often used euphemistically to mean sitting down for an informal chat, negotiation, or serious talk.
Marks a rhetorical question that functions as a soft, polite push rather than a genuine inquiry.
