晚上请吃饭啊 老大 吃 吃饭
“Treat us to dinner tonight, Mr. Dong. - Dinner! - Dinner!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
恭喜老大 老大 恭喜 老大 恭喜 恭喜
“- Congrats, Mr. Dong. - Congrats, Mr. Dong. - Mr. Dong. - Congrats, Mr. Dong. Congrats.”
晚上 请吃饭 啊 老大 吃 吃饭
“Treat us to dinner tonight, Mr. Dong. - Dinner! - Dinner!”
恭喜老大 恭喜老大 谢谢大家 老大最棒
“Congrats, Mr. Dong. Congrats, Mr. Dong. Thank you, everyone. You're the best.”
“You got promoted or achieved something great, so you must celebrate with us by buying dinner!”
When an individual achieves career success or receives a windfall, Chinese social norms expect them to treat their team to share the joy and maintain goodwill (avoiding envy).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to treat someone to a meal
The universal Chinese ritual for celebrating promotions, birthdays, bonuses, or returning favors.
boss; team leader; big brother
A warm, informal term of respect used among close colleagues or gang members to address a leader.
Adds enthusiasm and a friendly, coaxing tone to the imperative demand.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Hurry up and eat. Let's eat. Let's eat.”
“- Uh… My last name's Gao. - Mr. Gao, have you eaten?”
“Is this how your boss invites people to eat? It has nothing to do with Boss He.”
“Eat up. Carry on.”
“Let's eat. We should enjoy each meal”
“By the way, Boss. What is it?”