你不知道我 胃肠功能紊乱呀 对吧
“I suffer gastrointestinal disorders, right?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不是
“but you know”
你不知道 我 胃肠功能紊乱 呀 对吧
“I suffer gastrointestinal disorders, right?”
“Fine. It's my treat today.”
“You know my stomach can't handle this, stop pushing me!”
In Chinese dining culture, citing stomach ailments or medication is the most polite and socially unassailable way to decline food, alcohol, or dining demands.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
gastrointestinal dysfunction
A semi-formal medical term frequently used colloquially in China as a dramatic excuse for an upset stomach.
right?; isn't that so?
Used at the end of a statement to seek agreement or force the listener to acknowledge a known fact.
Softens the rhetorical question while conveying a hint of mild exasperation.
Prompts confirmation from the listener to validate the speaker's claim.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But I don't know why”
“Do you know that because of bad sanitation,”
“You guys seriously don't know? What happened?”
“It seems you don't know.”
“We don't know why,”
“Because I didn't know what was going on back then.”
“But I don't know what's going on.”
“when he was abroad? I have no idea at all.”
“I don't know what you've been up to lately! So what can I do?”
“Don't you know that?”
“There's a lot you don't know.”
“I really don't know what happened.”