这煎药我也得让着您
“I must let you have your medicine first.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就冲这个
“For that alone,”
这煎药我也得 让着 您
“I must let you have your medicine first.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Politeness in Chinese culture is strongly embodied by proactively offering priority (让) to elders or neighbors in daily communal tasks.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to decoct/brew traditional Chinese medicine
Refers specifically to the time-consuming process of simmering raw Chinese medicinal herbs.
to yield to / to defer to
Used to describe giving way or granting precedence to someone out of courtesy, love, or filial respect.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'll brew some medicine for you.”
“mentioned decocting medicine,”
“It's just brewing medicine. No need to make a fuss.”
“I can do a good job cooking herbs and stuff.”
“please prescribe properly and make sure she recovers.”
“My medicine must be brewed first,”