都不跟我们一起吃饭了
“he doesn't eat with us anymore.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你和小轸没什么事吧 我看他这几天
“Is everything okay between you and Zhen? I've noticed these days,”
都 不跟我们一起 吃饭了
“he doesn't eat with us anymore.”
“Don't be too hard on him sometimes.”
“Something is clearly wrong between you two, because avoiding family meals is a clear sign of alienation.”
In Chinese culture, eating together is the ultimate baseline for domestic cohesion; refusing to share a meal is a significant passive-aggressive signal of distress or broken relationships.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not even; doesn't even
Used before a verb to emphasize an extreme or unexpected negative behavior that departs from normal expectations.
eat together
A primary symbol of social bonding and family harmony in Chinese culture.
Indicates a change of state, highlighting that he used to eat with them but no longer does.
