我想跟她耍朋友
“I told her I wanted to go out with her.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我就经常点她的钟 有一天 我喝多了
“I'd book her all the time. One day, I got drunk.”
我想跟她 耍朋友
“I told her I wanted to go out with her.”
她觉得我说的是醉话 就没同意
“She thought I was talking nonsense and turned me down.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Sichuan and Southwestern dialects, '耍朋友' (playing friends) is the standard colloquial term for entering a romantic courtship rather than casual play.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to date / to be in a romantic relationship
A very common Southwestern Mandarin regionalism widely recognized across China as a synonym for dating.