还不如我现在就回国呢
“So I'd rather return to China now.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我以后老了 万一出个什么事 你们还要飞新加坡
“you will have to fly to Singapore if something happens to me when I'm old.”
还不如 我现在就回国 呢
“So I'd rather return to China now.”
话是这么说没错
“Indeed that's right.”
“I should move back now so you won't have the hassle of taking care of me overseas later.”
Chinese parents often worry about becoming a logistical or financial burden to their adult children, sometimes choosing proactive compromises to ease their children's filial duties.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
might as well / would be better to
Use this structure when comparing two less-than-ideal choices to introduce a preferable alternative.
return to one's home country
Commonly used by expatriates or overseas students referring to returning to their native country.
Softens the rhetorical assertion while prompting the listener to reflect on the suggested alternative.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I've made up my mind to come back to China.”
“If you want to live here, what’s she supposed to do?”
“When I return,”
“You want to go back now? Then I'll go back too.”
“I wouldn't even come back.”
“want to settle down here. That's fine with me.”