都这么大了 我下来啊
“She has grown so much taller. I'll come down.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我女儿黄瑶
“My daughter, Huang Yao.”
都这么大了 我下来啊
“She has grown so much taller. I'll come down.”
老默
“Mo.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Exclaiming how much a junior or friend's child has grown is an essential rapport-building greeting across Chinese social life.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
already grown so big
A customary remark made by adults when reuniting with children they have not seen in a long time.
let me step down / come down
Spoken declaration before getting out of a vehicle or down from a higher platform to greet someone respectfully.
Marks a new status or realization regarding the child's age and height.
Softens the declaration of intent, making the action sound friendly and approachable.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You've grown up.”
“You're an adult now. You can choose to leave.”
“-My father scolded him a lot when he was alive. -You're so old...”
“At his age, if something happened,”
“I'm all grown up now,”
“You're grown up now.”