你现在就在耽误我们做生意行吗
“You're holding up our business now, okay?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你现在就在 耽误我 们 做生意 行吗
“You're holding up our business now, okay?”
“-Alright, alright. -Hurry up and go.”
“You are getting in our way and costing us money, so get out of here right now.”
In small Chinese family enterprises, the urgency of earning a livelihood ('做生意') often overrides standard generational deference when older relatives interfere.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
disrupt business / delay making sales
Commonly said by vendors or small business owners when onlookers or family members interfere with commerce.
alright? / okay?
Placed at the end of a blunt statement to add forceful rhetorical pressure rather than genuinely asking for consent.
Forms a rhetorical tag question that puts immediate communicative pressure on the listener.