住酒店也要讲先来后到是吗
“So "first come, first served" also applies in checking into hotels, huh?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
什么方便呢
“-Maybe it's still... - What convenience?”
住酒店 也要 讲 先来后到 是吗
“So "first come, first served" also applies in checking into hotels, huh?”
“Do I need to show you my resume?”
“Do not give me that excuse; I am entitled to this room or service just as much as anyone else.”
While '先来后到' is a traditional civic norm in modern China, individuals of high status or strong privilege sometimes challenge it when seeking preferential treatment.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
first-come, first-served; order of arrival
A common idiomatic phrase used to express procedural fairness based on arrival or sequence.
to observe the first-come, first-served rule
Used with '讲' (to observe or heed) to discuss respecting order or rules of precedence.
Forms a rhetorical question laced with skepticism and challenge.
