你好不容易回来一次
“You finally came back once.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可是公司那边催得紧
“But the company is pushing hard.”
你 好不容易 回来 一次
“You finally came back once.”
多陪陪奶奶不好吗
“Why don't you spend more time with Grandma?”
“You rarely come home, so stop rushing back to work and stay with family.”
In Chinese culture, balancing professional obligations with spending quality time with elderly relatives often generates emotional guilt and mild family confrontation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
with great difficulty; only after much effort
Colloquially used before a verb phrase to emphasize that an opportunity or event is rare and took a lot of effort to happen.
come back once / visit once
A common verb-measure phrase referring to returning home or visiting family.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You finally come back.”
“You've just come back,”
“You came all the way to Weiyang.”
“He is not easy to invite.”