去了 这不生意不好吗 早点回来了
“Yes. The business wasn't good, so I came back early.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你今天进城卖鱼了吗
“did you sell fish in town today?”
去了 这不生意不好吗 早点回来 了
“Yes. The business wasn't good, so I came back early.”
姐
“Ma'am,”
“Don't bother asking how it went; sales were terrible, so staying was pointless.”
Using '这不' to open an explanation softens potential reprimand or concern between close relatives by appealing to a self-evident predicament.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
as you can see; well, the thing is
A conversational filler used at the beginning of an explanation to appeal to obvious or shared facts.
business is slow; poor sales
Standard everyday phrase used by small business owners or vendors to describe sluggish trade.
Forms a rhetorical question highlighting an obvious condition that explains the action.
Marks the completion of the action of returning home.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You're back so early!”
“- any chance? - Go home. What do you mean?”
“Now look what happened. They came straight to our door.”
“I've only just come back, and now I'm leaving again.”
“Here you are. Now this has saved us much trouble. They just gave us an invitation.”
“Wow, looks like he's loaded now.”