实在是让你破费了
“Thanks for your kindness.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
实在是 让你破费了
“Thanks for your kindness.”
其实这次我们来呢
“Actually, we came”
“You have treated us so lavishly; thank you, and now let us get down to business.”
Guests in Chinese dining culture must verbally regret the host's financial expenditure to avoid appearing greedy or entitled to luxury.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to spend money / incur expense (for a guest)
An essential polite formula used when being hosted, treated to a meal, or receiving a generous gift.
truly / genuinely
An adverb used to intensify sincerity in polite formulas and compliments.
Marks the completed realization of the expense and solidifies the polite formula.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Thank you. I'm glad you could come.”
“It took a great deal of effort.”
“Look at you, you really didn't need to buy all these.”