不爱叫人 还特别爱哭
“does not greet people, and cries easily.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不太爱说话
“does not talk much,”
不爱叫人 还 特别爱哭
“does not greet people, and cries easily.”
那时候我在矿上干活
“Back then, I was working at the mine,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese family culture, children are strongly expected to '叫人' (verbally greet relatives and guests with proper honorific titles) as a primary sign of good breeding.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
habitually greets elders or visitors politely
Commonly used by parents to describe whether a child is socially outgoing and well-mannered.
tends to cry very easily
Here '爱' functions as 'prone to' or 'tending to', rather than 'loving to'.