你干脆让我把饭做完得了
“Why don't you just have me cook the whole meal?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
还有这个鱼
“And this fish, too.”
你 干脆 让我把饭做完 得了
“Why don't you just have me cook the whole meal?”
“If you love eggplant that much, why don't you grow your own?”
“Stop interrupting me with more dishes; just let me cook!”
In close Chinese household relationships, meal preparation often involves blunt bickering that signals intimacy rather than actual hostility.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
might as well / simply
Used to propose a direct, drastic, or straightforward resolution when tired of hesitations or complications.
and be done with it / just do that
Colloquially placed at the end of a sentence to suggest a simple, final compromise to settle an annoying issue.
Combined with '得' (得了) to mark completion and express that an action should simply settle the matter.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'll go start dinner. You get some rest.”
“But you do like the food I cook for you.”
“My treat! What treat?”
“you'll never have to cook for me again.”
“I have work to do. Next time. But it's mealtime, anyway.”
“You owe me a meal. For what?”