就算咱们家办不起那么多的酒席
“Even if we couldn't afford a big banquet,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就算 咱们家 办不起 那么多 的酒席
“Even if we couldn't afford a big banquet,”
那也得给人家送点喜糖啊
“you should at least hand out some wedding candy.”
“Being poor is no excuse to ignore basic decency and bring shame upon our family.”
Even families on tight budgets feel immense social obligation to distribute wedding candies (喜糖) to neighbors, as completely omitting gifts breaches communal civility.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
even if; even granted that
A ubiquitous colloquial conjunction used to grant a premise before introducing a necessary minimum standard or rebuttal.
cannot afford to host or organize
A potential complement expressing financial inability to host an event like a banquet or celebration.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“but I don't like those adult banquets,”
“if the stone flower blooms. Are you true to your word? Of course.”
“we can't afford it. Sure.”
“It's just because my family isn't that needy.”
“We don't have that much wine left at home.”
“Our family isn't very well off.”