我一会儿倒趟垃圾 一会儿倒趟垃圾
“Later, I'm going to take the trash out.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I'm telling you, I'm still exercising every day, climbing up and down the stairs.”
我 一会儿 倒趟垃圾 一会儿 倒趟垃圾
“Later, I'm going to take the trash out.”
“Look how healthy I am. Right?”
“See how much I move around doing chores? That counts as real exercise!”
Middle-aged and older Chinese speakers often pride themselves on finding opportunities to stay active through everyday chores rather than formal gym workouts.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
one moment..., the next moment...
A common correlative structure used to describe frequent alternation or repetition of actions.
make a trip to throw out the garbage
Colloquial spoken Northern Chinese usage incorporating the measure word '趟' (trip) into the verb-object phrase.