你要不要 给家里打个电话
“how about you call your family?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
婉之
“Wanzhi,”
你 要不要 给家里 打个电话
“how about you call your family?”
“Your dad really hopes you'll finish college.”
“You should really call home and stop making your dad worry.”
Initiating contact with parents ('calling home') is seen as an essential first gesture toward resolving generational rifts in Chinese culture.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how about / do you want to
A polite, non-intrusive way to offer a suggestion or ask about someone's willingness.
call home
A standard spoken collocation used to describe phoning one's parents or family.