整天忙得也是脚打后脑勺
“She's also very busy.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他媳妇不是我们的副庭长吗
“that his wife is our deputy chief judge.”
整天 忙得 也是 脚打后脑勺
“She's also very busy.”
主要他就是怕
“He was afraid”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Northern Mandarin frequently utilizes colorful bodily exaggerations to describe psychological or physical states in casual interpersonal chats.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
extremely busy; running around frantically
A vivid Northern Chinese colloquial idiom used to humorously exaggerate how rushed and overwhelmed someone is.
all day long; the whole day
Commonly placed before verbs or adjectives to emphasize an ongoing, persistent state.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'm running off my feet.”
“busy all day without a moment to rest.”
“this past year,”
“He's swamped every day.”