这一桌子好菜 我一个人可吃不完
“I can't finish all this good food by myself.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你们螭吻大人在哪儿？
“Where is Chi Wen?”
这一桌子好菜 我 一个人 可 吃不完
“I can't finish all this good food by myself.”
让他来陪我
“Tell him to come eat with me.”
“Bring your master here right now; I am not eating alone.”
Sharing food is traditionally a sign of fellowship; here, the speaker exploits dining norms to engineer a face-to-face encounter with an opponent.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cannot finish eating
A common potential complement indicating that the volume of food exceeds one's capacity.
delicious dishes; fine food
A colloquial way to refer to well-prepared, tasty dishes.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I can't wait to taste this spread of food.”
“I would have made all dishes you like.”
“Why did you prepare such a feast for me?”
“Cooking a whole table of food made me exhausted.”
“This, this, and this. Pack everything.”
“You said you needed a table to host your guests. I don't care about the numbers, but not a single person showed up?”