要不是这味就麻烦了
“It'd be trouble if it weren't.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
一个味
“same taste.”
要不是 这味 就麻烦了
“It'd be trouble if it weren't.”
回来了
“You're back.”
“Thank goodness it tastes right, otherwise we would have faced serious complaints or failure.”
In Chinese culinary tradition, getting the exact distinctive flavor profile right is crucial to quality, reputation, and customer loyalty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
if it were not for; had it not been
A frequent conditional connective introducing a counterfactual scenario.
in trouble; problematic
A versatile spoken phrase indicating that a situation has become tricky or troublesome.
Indicates a potential change of state or realized consequence in a hypothetical scenario.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If it weren't for what happened to your family,”
“If it hadn't been for that bastard,”
“If it weren't for what happened to Tong,”
“If not for you,”
“If it hadn't been for that incident with Tong,”
“If it's not too much trouble, then please do.”