回来我就琢磨着 咱们自己做
“So I determined to make our own.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I collected many of these at the Canton Fair.”
回来 我就 琢磨着 咱们 自己做
“So I determined to make our own.”
“We tried several times and finally succeeded.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Reflects the common entrepreneurial drive during China's reform era to spot product ideas at trade fairs and replicate or manufacture them domestically.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
pondering, mulling over, thinking about
A common spoken northern idiom used when explaining personal deliberation or developing an idea.
let's do/make it ourselves
Used to propose taking independent action or initiating self-production rather than outsourcing.