那忙的连饭都吃不上
“She's even too busy to have meals.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
一个学姐 弄那个毕业设计展呢
“with her graduation design exhibition.”
那忙的 连饭都吃不上
“She's even too busy to have meals.”
行 那爸你也注意身体 让李尖尖好好吃饭啊
“Okay. Dad, take care. Ask Li Jianjian to have meals on time.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese culture, missing meals is considered the ultimate sign of overwork and poor health, prompting immediate concern and caretaking remarks from relatives.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
so busy that not even...
A classic intensifying pattern used to emphasize extreme preoccupation by citing the sacrifice of basic needs.
unable to eat / miss mealtime
Colloquially expresses missing meals due to poverty, rush, or chaotic schedules; here it denotes lacking time to eat properly.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I was about to starve.”
“Common people can barely afford to eat,”
“I haven't even had lunch yet.”
“(Whatever. An empty stomach doesn't care about right or wrong.)”
“he wouldn't give me any food.”
“After my mom left, he didn't even make me food.”