吃菜 尝尝菜合不合你胃口
“Eat it. Try it to see if you like it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
吃菜 尝尝 菜合 不合 你胃口
“Eat it. Try it to see if you like it.”
你尝尝
“Try it.”
“Let's stop talking about that awkward subject and just focus on the food.”
At Chinese dining tables, offering food ('吃菜') is a polite, conventional mechanism to sidestep conflict and ease conversational tension without losing face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
Have some food / help yourself to the dishes
A ubiquitous host phrase used at Chinese dining tables to urge guests to eat.
Whether it suits your taste / appetite
A polite, standard phrase used by hosts when offering home-cooked or ordered food to guests.