就连窗子也帮我修好了
“and even fixed the windows for me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
书也抄完了
“You've chopped the firewood, copied the books,”
就连 窗子也帮我 修好了
“and even fixed the windows for me.”
“You have taken care of absolutely everything for me; you are spoiling me.”
Quietly taking care of tedious household repairs without being asked is a quintessential way of demonstrating tender devotion and unspoken love in Chinese culture.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
even
Used to introduce an extreme or unexpected example to emphasize the thoroughness or extent of an action.
fixed / repaired completely
Resultative complement structure indicating that a repair has been successfully completed.
Indicates completed action and brings about a new state of affairs.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Some windows haven't been repaired yet.”
“Finally said it out loud.”
“that they have nothing but the bare walls in their house.”
“You and Jing Yi chose the same window, huh?”
“Whether you're building a wall or a house,”
“thank you for cleaning everything up for me.”