主要是房东做饭好吃
“Mainly because your cooking is so good.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Your appetite's really grown lately. Is this little rice not enough anymore?”
主 要是 房东 做饭好吃
“Mainly because your cooking is so good.”
那味道太下饭了
“Everything goes perfectly with rice.”
“Don't blame me for eating so much—blame how delicious this food is!”
In Chinese dining culture, eating vigorously and having a large appetite is the highest form of praise for the host or cook.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cooks delicious food
A very common, natural way to praise someone's culinary skills in informal spoken Chinese.
mainly / primarily because
Used at the start of a clause to introduce the decisive or primary factor behind an outcome.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Besides, the landlord is nice to me.”
“cooking for the whole family,”
“That landlord is really wealthy.”
“Why end up worse than a kitchen maid?”
“Who exactly is the landlord here?”
“Her cooking skills are pretty impressive.”