我刚才跟你太太也说了 我确实赶火车
“I told your wife just now. I need to catch a train.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
煮煮煮 煮 我煮好了 你们最好快点吃呗
“Fine, cook them! Go ahead. After it's done, you'd better eat them fast.”
我刚才跟你 太 太 也 说了 我 确实 赶火车
“I told your wife just now. I need to catch a train.”
那煮好了打包
“Then pack them up.”
“Please stop pushing me to stay and eat, I literally do not have the time.”
In Chinese social etiquette, invoking an immovable schedule like catching a long-distance train is the ultimate face-saving way to refuse hospitality without causing offense.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
rush to catch a train
A universally accepted, indisputable excuse used in Chinese social interactions to cut conversations short or leave quickly.
indeed / truly
Placed before a statement to emphasize truthfulness and dispel any perception of a polite lie.
Marks completed aspect, reinforcing that the matter has already been explained previously.
